Title Opium and empire : Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 / Carl A. Trocki

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description xiv, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Asia, east by south Asia, east by south. Contents 1. The Kongsi and the history of the Singapore Chinese -- 2. Conflict and the Kongsis of Southeast Asia -- 3. Opium and the Singapore economy -- 4. Economic struggle and the Singapore Kongsis -- 5. The rise of the great opium syndicate -- 6. The collapse of Singapore's great syndicate -- 7. The demise of the farming system -- 8. Opium and the political economy of Colonial Singapore Analysis Australian Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 243-252 Subject Foreign workers, Chinese -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century. Chinese -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century. Chinese -- Singapore -- Societies, etc. Opium trade -- Singapore -- History -- 19th century. Commerce -- history. Opium -- history. Social Conditions -- history. SUBJECT Singapore -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116976 LC no. 90055123 ISBN 0801423902 (alk. paper)

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