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Relocating Centers and Peripheries: Transnational Advertising Agencies and Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2015

ROBERT CRAWFORD
ROBERT CRAWFORD*
Affiliation:
Robert Crawford is Associate Professor of Public Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney. His current project on the globalization of Australian advertising is supported by the Australian Research Council (DP120100777). Contact information: School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The history of advertising’s global expansion has generally focused on the activities and experiences of American-based agencies. Within these conventional narratives, the “center” of advertising lies in New York. Deemed “peripheral,” markets such as Singapore scarcely feature. However, the transnational agencies operating in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s challenge this narrative. By examining these agencies’ activities during this period, this article reveals that Singapore’s advertising industry has long been connected to global networks spanning Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America. Such connections not only offer an insight into the development of Singapore’s advertising industry, but they also cast broader questions about the degree to which historical interpretations of the growth of the global advertising industry have been informed by American perspectives.

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Enterprise & Society , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 51 - 73
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Copyright © The Author 2015. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Business History Conference. All rights reserved. 

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“Supervisor: Local Employee Gets Post,” Straits Times, January 10, 1969, 12.Google Scholar
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“Top Man at LPE,” Straits Times, May 22, 1968, 14.Google Scholar
“Two Art Graduates Now with Singapore Agency,” Straits Times, July 6, 1956, 14.Google Scholar
“Two More Directors Appointed,” Straits Times, November 27, 1968, 16.Google Scholar
“Woman Director for Masters,” Straits Times, February 7, 1958, 14.Google Scholar
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