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