Merchants, Bankers, Governors: British Enterprise in Singapore and Malaya, 1786-1920

This is the story of British enterprise in Singapore and Malaya from 1786 to 1920, when British vision, zeal and drive developed Penang, then Singapore and, finally, the peninsular Malay States. In the initial years, commerce and finance were paramount. The seeds of these commercial activities had b...

詳細記述

保存先:
書誌詳細
第一著者: Drake, Peter J.
フォーマット: 図書
言語:英語
出版事項: New Jersey World Scientific Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. 2018
主題:
タグ: タグ追加
タグなし, このレコードへの初めてのタグを付けませんか!
その他の書誌記述
要約:This is the story of British enterprise in Singapore and Malaya from 1786 to 1920, when British vision, zeal and drive developed Penang, then Singapore and, finally, the peninsular Malay States. In the initial years, commerce and finance were paramount. The seeds of these commercial activities had been planted initially in the days of the East India Company but later, and more importantly, by individual merchant firms, supported by credit from London. These merchants were the driving force of British investment and development on the Malay Peninsula. While the contributions of the Malays, Indians and, especially, the Chinese to economic development should not be under-rated, in the period under review, their activities were steered and monitored by the British. This book presents an original and coherent account of British Enterprise in Singapore and Malaya in an important historical period and includes substantial new material from primary records of merchant firms and banks
物理的記述:xii, 194 p.
ISBN:9789813222410