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Carl A. Trocki
Opium and Empire [PDF ebook]
Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910

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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.

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

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9781501746352 ● Taille du fichier 22.6 MB ● Maison d’édition Cornell University Press ● Lieu Ithaca ● Pays US ● Publié 2019 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7005982 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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