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Opium and Empire : Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 / Carl A. Trocki.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asia East by SouthPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) : 6 photos, 2 maps, 6 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501746352
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306/.095957 20
LOC classification:
  • HN700.67.A8 T76 1990
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501746352

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

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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.

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