Asian Entreprenuerial Minorities: Conjoint Communities in the Making of the World Economy, 1570-1940

by Christine Dobbin

Overview

Advances the theoretical understanding of the behaviour of entrepreneurial minorities and draws a vivid picture of how various imperial powers came to rely on local entreprenuerial minorities to establish their hegemony in Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136787003
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Christine Dobbin

Table of Contents

1: The Problematic: Classical Formulations; 2: Manila and the Creation of a New Chinese Identity 1570–1830; 3: Batavia and the Peranakan Chinese 1619–1870; 4: Bombay: The Parsi-British Affinity 1661–1940; 5: From Gujarat to Zanzibar: the Ismaili Partnership in East Africa 1841–1939; 6: From Madras to Burma: the Nattukottai Chettiars and Development 1852–1939; 7: Changing Chinese Enterprise in the Philippines and Java 1830–1940; 8: Conclusion: Creativity and Identity