Opium and Empire : Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 /
Trocki, Carl A.
Opium and Empire : Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 / Carl A. Trocki. - 1 online resource (304 p.) : 6 photos, 2 maps, 6 figures - Asia East by South .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Kongsi and the History of the Singapore Chinese -- 2. Conflict and the Kongsis of Southeast Asia -- 3. Opium and the Singapore Economy -- 4. Economic Struggle and the Singapore Kongsis -- 5. The Rise of the Great Opium Syndicate -- 6. The Collapse of Singapore's Great Syndicate -- 7. The Demise of the Farming System -- 8. Opium and the Political Economy of Colonial Singapore -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Breaking new ground in the historiography of the overseas Chinese and British colonialism, this book focuses on two areas largely ignored by students of the period—opium and the economic role of the group of institutions known as kongsi, or secret societies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501746352
10.7591/9781501746352 doi
Chinese--History--Singapore--19th century.
Foreign workers, Chinese--History--Singapore--19th century.
Opium trade--History--Singapore--19th century.
Asian Studies.
History.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
HN700.67.A8 / T76 1990
306/.095957
Opium and Empire : Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 / Carl A. Trocki. - 1 online resource (304 p.) : 6 photos, 2 maps, 6 figures - Asia East by South .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Kongsi and the History of the Singapore Chinese -- 2. Conflict and the Kongsis of Southeast Asia -- 3. Opium and the Singapore Economy -- 4. Economic Struggle and the Singapore Kongsis -- 5. The Rise of the Great Opium Syndicate -- 6. The Collapse of Singapore's Great Syndicate -- 7. The Demise of the Farming System -- 8. Opium and the Political Economy of Colonial Singapore -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Breaking new ground in the historiography of the overseas Chinese and British colonialism, this book focuses on two areas largely ignored by students of the period—opium and the economic role of the group of institutions known as kongsi, or secret societies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501746352
10.7591/9781501746352 doi
Chinese--History--Singapore--19th century.
Foreign workers, Chinese--History--Singapore--19th century.
Opium trade--History--Singapore--19th century.
Asian Studies.
History.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
HN700.67.A8 / T76 1990
306/.095957