Chinese business in the making of a Malay State, 1882-1941 Kedah and Penang

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 Ch...

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Main Author: Wu, Xiao An 1965- (Author)
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Published: London Routledge 2003
Series:Chinese worlds
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