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Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941 : Kedah and Penang / Wu Xiao An.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wu, Xiao An, 1965-
- Series:
- Chinese worlds.
- Chinese worlds
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business networks--Malaysia--Kedah--History.
- Business networks.
- Business networks--China--History.
- Family-owned business enterprises--Malaysia--Kedah--History.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- Family-owned business enterprises--China--History.
- Chinese--Malaysia--Kedah--Economic conditions.
- Chinese.
- Business and politics--Malaysia--Kedah--History.
- Business and politics.
- Kedah--Economic conditions.
- Kedah.
- Kedah--Politics and government.
- Kedah--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines how Chinese family and business networks, focused around activities such as revenue farming, including opium, the rice trade, and pawnbroking, and related legal and labour organization activities, were highly influential in the process of state formation in Malaya. It shows how Chinese family and business networks were flexible and dynamic, and were closely interlocked with economic and social structures, around which government, and states, developed. It considers the crucial role of wealth and power in the process of state formation, and challenges accepted views of Chin
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Settings; Networking regional interactions, 1882 9; Family and state, 1889 95; An old framework and a new development, 1895 1905; Transition, 1905 9; Confrontation and accommodation, 1909 18; Another round of adjustment, 1918 28; A new profile of community and business, 1928 41; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-138-36205-0
- 1-134-41695-4
- 1-280-05813-7
- 0-203-41779-8
- 1-134-41696-2
- 9780203417799
- OCLC:
- 475892455
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