The Economy of Colonial Malaya: Administrators Versus Capitalists

ISBN-13: 9780367886394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja

Opis

Based on extensive original research, and including detailed case studies of the agricultural and mining sectors in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Malaya, the book examines how administrators and capitalists interacted. The book sheds light on details of how business and government actually worked in Britain’s colonial empire.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Policy Of Colonial Office And The Role Of Men On The Spot With Regard To Investment In The Malay States,1800-1896

3. British Economic Involvement in the State of Perak

4. British Economic Involvement in the State of Selangor

5. British Economic Involvement in the State of Negeri Sembilan

6. British Economic Involvement in the State of Pahang

7. Conclusion

O autorze

Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja is an Associate Professor in History at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya. His field of specialization is Malaysian Economic History with interests in trade and the Indian community.