Opium and Empire: Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910

by Carl A. Trocki

Overview

Breaking new ground in the historiography of the overseas Chinese and British colonialism, this book focuses on two areas largely ignored by students of the period—opium and the economic role of the group of institutions known as kongsi, or secret societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501746352
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2019
Series:	Asia East by South
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	23 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Carl A. Trocki is the Jacobson Visiting Associate Professor of Southeast Asian History at Georgetown University.