Chinese Traders in Singapore
Author: Wolfgang Jamann
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: Wolfgang Jamann
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Menkhoff
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Janet Tai Landa
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-11-30
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 3642540198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to merchants’ success. The author’s theory - and various extensions, with emphasis on kinship and other trust relationships - draws on economics and the other social sciences, and beyond to evolutionary biology. Empirical material from her fieldwork forms the basis for developing her unique, integrative and transdisciplinary theoretical framework, with important policy implications for understanding ethnic conflict in multiethnic societies where minority groups dominate merchant roles.
Author: Ong Siang Song
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 846
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jason Lim
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK[Truncated abstract] Conventional historical research on the tea trade focussed on the trade between the United Kingdom and China up to 1937. Very little has been done on the tea trade between China and other regions such as colonial Singapore. In addition, the focus on the overseas Chinese community in Singapore has concentrated on two opposite ends of the social ladder the rich traders or merchants who came to dominate the political, economic and social life of the community, and the coolies or those in the working class and how the harsh reality of life in colonial Singapore often quashed any dreams they had of a better life. The key focus of this dissertation is a study of the trading links between a group of Chinese traders in Singapore and commodity producers in China. To date, research into Chinese traders in Singapore has focussed on their trade in products from British Malaya such as rubber and tin. This dissertation aims to steer away from this approach, and study the relationship between Fujian tea production and trade and the Chinese tea traders in Singapore . . . This dissertation, therefore, takes a two-pronged approach. First, it examines the conditions in Fujian tea production and trade since they were the key trading concerns of the Chinese tea traders in Singapore. Secondly, the dissertation examines the political beliefs and sense of patriotism among the Chinese tea traders in Singapore and their response to major events in their lives such as the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the Japanese Occupation of Singapore (1942-1945), the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949) and self-government for Singapore from June 1959.
Author: Chong Guan Kwa
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2019-06-21
Total Pages: 1002
ISBN-13: 9813277653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in the region through the millennium-old Hokkien trading world to the waves of mass migration that came after the establishment of a British settlement, and through to the development and birth of the nation. Across 38 chapters and parts, readers are taken through the complex historical mosaic of Overseas Chinese social, economic and political activity in Singapore and the region, such as the development of maritime junk trade, plantation industries, and coolie labour, the role of different bangs, clan associations and secret societies as well as Chinese leaders, the diverging political allegiances including Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and the National Salvation Movement leading up to the Second World War, the transplanting of traditional Chinese religions, the changing identity of the Overseas Chinese, and the developments in language and education policies, publishing, arts, and more.With 'Pride in our Past, Legacy for our Future' as its key objective, this volume aims to preserve the Singapore Chinese story, history and heritage for future generations, as well as keep our cultures and traditions alive. Therefore, the book aims to serve as a comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners to have an epitome of the Singapore society. This publication is supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Project Grant.Related Link(s)
Author: Sikko Visscher
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9789971693657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce's changing relationship with the state and with businesses in the region. Some of the wealthiest and most influential businessmen in Singapore and Malaysia have served as leaders of the Chamber. Drawing on archival materials and extensive interviews, Visscher provides lively biographical sketches that highlight the circumstances and personal values that propelled these and other leading Chinese businessmen to success and to prominence. He also examines Chinese business practices, considering cultural elements as well as state and market forces, and highlights unique features of the Chinese experience in Singapore. By viewing Singapore from the perspective of a well established non-governmental organisation as it struggled, negotiated and cooperated with the state, this book offers an alternative to conventional political histories.
Author: Poh Ping Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Menkhoff
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wolfgang Jamann
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK