Contents -- Photo plates -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- 1. Making Singapore their Homeland: The Early Indian Migrants to the Lion City -- 2. The Post-Independence Period: Changing Dynamics and the Shift in Business Activities -- 3. Taking Strides into the Future: Transition and Transformation of the Indian Business Communities -- PART TWO -- 4. Business Associations and Organizational Networks -- 5. The Indomitable Entrepreneurs: Three Case Studies -- Conclusion: Surging Forward -- APPENDICES -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the peoples' movements. It looks at how Indian business communities negotiated with others in the environments in which they found themselves and adapted to them in novel ways. It especially brings into focus the patterns and integration of the Indian networks in the large-scale transnational flows of capita
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-346) and index
