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The Development of British Commercial and Political Networks in the Straits Settlements 1800 to 1868: The Rise of a Colonial and Regional Economic Identity?
- Source :
- Modern Asian Studies; Jul2011, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p899-929, 31p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper examines the growth of the British commercial communities in the Straits Settlements in the first half of the nineteenth century. It describes how they emerged as a coherent commercial and political interest group, separate from the Indian empire, with their own network of allies and commercial partners in Britain. As such, the Straits merchants emerged as a significant political lobby in their own right. It contends that in the process, they revived earlier notions of Southeast Asia as a discrete geographical region, in which political and ethnic diversity was bridged by the flourishing of maritime commercial networks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0026749X
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Modern Asian Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70023547
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X10000211