Opium and empire : Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 / Carl A. Trocki
Imprint
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c1990
Descript
xiv, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Kongsi and the history of the Singapore Chinese -- Conflict and the kongsis of Southeast Asia -- Opium and the Singapore economy -- Economic struggle and the Singapore kongsis -- Rise of the great opium syndicate -- Collapse of Singapore's great syndicate -- Demise of the farming system -- Opium and the political economy of colonial Singapore
SUBJECT
Chinese -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century
Foreign workers
Chinese -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century
Opium trade -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century