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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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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 304 ● ISBN 9781501746352 ● Dimensione 22.6 MB ● Casa editrice Cornell University Press ● Città Ithaca ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7005982 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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