Merchants, Bankers, Governors. British enterprise in Singapore and Malaya, 1786-1920
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- Author(s) Drake, Peter J
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2018
- Pages 207pp; illus
- Publisher World Scientific
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Focuses on the role of British merchants in the economic development of the Malay Peninsular. Has chapters: 'The earliest times, 1786-1850'; 'Taking root, 1850s-1870s'; 'Straits politics and trade infrastructure, 1867-1873'; 'Opening the peninsula, 1874-1896'; 'Currency and banking'; 'Rapid economic growth and change, 1896-1914'; 'Merchant firm 1 - Guthrie & Co' [pp121-41]; 'Merchant firm 2 - Boustead & Co' [pp143-73]; 'World War I and its aftermath'