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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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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 304 ● ISBN 9781501746352 ● Filstorlek 22.6 MB ● Utgivare Cornell University Press ● Stad Ithaca ● Land US ● Publicerad 2019 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7005982 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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