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200 10$aChinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941 $eKedah and Penang /$fWu Xiao An
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (256 p.)
225 1 $aChinese worlds
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a0-415-30176-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-226) and index.
327   $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Settings; Networking regional interactions, 1882  9; Family and state, 1889  95; An old framework and a new development, 1895  1905; Transition, 1905  9; Confrontation and accommodation, 1909  18; Another round of adjustment, 1918  28; A new profile of community and business, 1928  41; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThis book examines how Chinese family and business networks, focused around activities such as revenue farming, including opium, the rice trade, and pawnbroking, and related legal and labour organization activities, were highly influential in the process of state formation in Malaya.  It shows how Chinese family and business networks were flexible and dynamic, and were closely interlocked with economic and social structures, around which government, and states, developed.  It considers the crucial role of wealth and power in the process of state formation, and challenges accepted views of Chin
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