The ethnic Chinese in East and Southeast Asia : business, culture, and politics / Yen Ching-hwang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yan, Qinghuang.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Southeast Asia.

Chinese.

Southeast Asia.

Chinese--East Asia.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

xii, 412 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Times Academic Press, 2002.

Summary:

Ching-hwang (history, U. of Adelaide) investigates the extent to which ethnic Chinese have contributed to the rapid economic growth in the region, what accounts for the dynamics of their business, and their role in future economic growth as trade with China increases. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Business in Ethnic Chinese Society

1. The Rise of Ethnic Chinese Business in East and Southeast Asia 1

2. Ethnic Chinese Business Networks in East and Southeast Asia 23

3. Traditional Ethnic Chinese Business Organisations in Singapore and Malaysia 51

4. The Wing On Company in Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1907-1949: A Case Study of a Modern Overseas Chinese Business Enterprise 79

5. Tan Kah Kee and Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship 123

Part II Culture, Education and Politics in Ethnic Chinese Society

6. Ethnic Chinese Culture in Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change 145

7. Hokkien Immigrant Society and Modern Chinese Education in British Malaya, 1904-1941 177

8. Economic, Political and Social Change in the Chinese Communities in Malaysia and Singapore before the Second World War: A Historical Survey 217

9. Power Structure and Power Relations in the Teochew Community in Singapore, 1819-1930 273

10. Ch'ing China and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1906-1911 307

11. Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya, 1900-1911 339

12. The Overseas Chinese and the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

981210187X

OCLC:

51250489