Singapore, Chinese Migration and the Making of the British Empire, 1819-67

by Stan Neal

The transformation of Singapore, founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819, from a trading post to a major centre for international trade was a huge commercial and colonial success for Britain. One key factor in all of this was the recruitment of Chinese migrant labour, which by the 1850s made up over half of the population. The transformation, however, was not limited to Singapore. As this book demonstrates, colonial administrators saw that the "model"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274239
• ISBN13: 9781783274239
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"