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Author : Poh Ping Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4374248
Author : Carl A. Trocki
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501746352
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.
Author : Chong Guan Kwa,Bak Lim Kua
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9789813277656
A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in the region through the millennium-old Hokkien trading world to the waves of mass migration that came after the establishment of a British settlement, and through to the development and birth of the nation. Across 38 chapters and parts, readers are taken through the complex historical mosaic of Overseas Chinese social, economic and political activity in Singapore and the region, such as the development of maritime junk trade, plantation industries, and coolie labour, the role of different bangs, clan associations and secret societies as well as Chinese leaders, the diverging political allegiances including Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and the National Salvation Movement leading up to the Second World War, the transplanting of traditional Chinese religions, the changing identity of the Overseas Chinese, and the developments in language and education policies, publishing, arts, and more.With 'Pride in our Past, Legacy for our Future' as its key objective, this volume aims to preserve the Singapore Chinese story, history and heritage for future generations, as well as keep our cultures and traditions alive. Therefore, the book aims to serve as a comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners to have an epitome of the Singapore society. This publication is supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Project Grant.Related Link(s)
Author : David Ownby,Mary F. Somers Heidhues
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315288031
A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Author : Chung-li Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:2125804
Author : Chiʻing-huang Yen,Qinghuang Yan
Publisher : Singapore ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015012087089
In 19th-century Singapore and Malaya, much of the community's social life revolved around associations--neither secret or sinister as history has claimed--which offered the Chinese against alien administration and, in the case of minorities, against the dominant clans of the time. This book, the first to unearth both past and present records kept by these associations and to interview their elders, reveals from the inside how the Chinese community was organized, how its members treated each other, and what problems they faced.
Author : Lysa Hong,Jianli Huang
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789622098831
Rather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, which blurs the distinction between what happened in the past, and how the state intends that past to be understood. The People's Action Party (PAP) government's unbroken mandate to rule has come in no small part from the way it explains its lineage and record to Singaporeans. The power vested in various aspects of Singapore's history is thus examined through a consideration of past and present politics. The authors trace state discourses on Singapore history from the decision immediately after independence to recognize the nineteenth-century British acquisition of the island as its founding moment, to the 1980s and 1990s when an essentially Confucian heritage was recognized under the rubric of "Asian values", and finally to an emphasis on the history of racial fragility and harmony in response to the threat of terrorism in the twenty-first century. Embedded within these discourses is the story of the PAP as the heir of the economic dynamics of the pax Britannica, as an exponent of the morality and righteousness of the Chinese scholar-gentleman, and as the firm hand that balances the interests of the majority Chinese against those of the minority populations, particularly the Malays. The authors examine the underlying template of Singapore history, the negotiation with its immigrant past, and the popularization of history through conscription of national heroes. The chapters range from considering how political leaders claim to be historians by virtue of being the makers of history, to the vicissitudes undergone by two originally private homes turned into symbols of Singapore's Chinese modernity. The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts is highly relevant not only to academics but also for the Singapore general reader interested to see what are meant to be received wisdoms for the citizenry interrogated in a well-reasoned and engaging exercise, as well as for an international readership to whom Singapore has become a fascinating enigma. They may well be intrigued by the anxieties of being Singaporean.
Author : Chung-li Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:1432304296
Author : Zhongli Zhang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:444524674
Author : Chung-li Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:604963615
Author : Poh Ping Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005184893
Author : Leo Suryadinata
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822032060816
The nineteen articles in this volume examine the ethnic Chinese in Singapore, presenting a fascinating cross-country comparison between the past and the present. While some issues address the issues of tradition and modernity, others trace the process of change, especially economic, social and cultural change in terms of ethnic Chinese society, politics, identity, business and literature in these two countries.
Author : Wong Yee Tuan
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814695503
The story of Penang would be incomplete without the Big Five Hokkien families (the Khoo, the Cheah, the Yeoh, the Lim, and the Tan). It was the Big Five who played a preponderant role not only in transforming Penang into a regional entrepot and a business and financial base, but also in reconfiguring maritime trading patterns and the business orientation of the region in the nineteenth century. Departing from the colonial vantage point, this book examines a web of transnational, hybrid and fluid networks of the Big Five comprising of family relationship, sworn brotherhood, political alliance and business partnerships, which linked Penang and its surrounding states (western Malay states, southwestern Siam, southern Burma, and the north and eastern coasts of Sumatra) together to form one economically unified geographical region, having inextricable links to China and India. With these intertwining networks, the Big Five succeeded in establishing their dominance in all the major enterprises (trade, shipping, cash crop planting, tin mining, opium revenue farms), which constituted the linchpin of Penang's and its region's economy. By disentangling and dissecting this intricate web of networks, this book reveals the rise and decline of the Hokkien mercantile families' nearly century-long economic ascendancy in Penang and its region."e;Wong Yee Tuan's study of the five clans of Penang represents a major breakthrough in the study of the Malayan Chinese. He documents an extremely important aspect of the nineteenth-century Asian diaspora, exposing the intricate links between families, businesses, secret societies, revenue farms and public life of some of the key groups of Chinese in Penang and northern Malaya. The book weaves together the various strands of overseas Chinese life not only in Malaya, but also in the Netherlands Indies, Siam and China. Most importantly, it shows the process by which the Chinese leaders gained political, economic and social power as well as the way by which these powers were lost."e;- Carl A. Trocki, Emeritus Professor, Asian Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Australia"e;This volume can be situated within a growing historiographical current whereby regional studies of connections, networks and interactions are gradually transcending national histories. Incorporating commercial, ethnic and social elements, the history presented can be concurrently seen as a business case study, a sociological exploration, a political economy treatise and an inquiry into Hokkien networking. Wong Yee Tuan is to be congratulated on this signal study in how local, national and broader regional histories can be integrated."e;- Geoffrey Wade, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University"e;By aligning family, socio-political and business interests, the leading Penang Hokkien clans centralized their 'home port' as a hub of regional commercial networks, thus successfully extending the trading colonies of Chinese diaspora westward to the edge of the Indian Ocean. Wong has fastidiously researched and compellingly proven this, with a clear eye for relevant cross-cultural collaborations with indigenous and international actors. The important legacy of the 'Big Five' clanhouses is now firmly embedded in the George Town World Heritage Site, inciting further inquiry into the cultural formation of collective entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia."e;- Khoo Salma Nasution, Heritage Advocate and Local Historian, Penang
Author : CHUNG-LI. CHANG
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103396798X
Author : Jonas Daniel Vaughan,J. D. Vaughan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : China
ISBN : UCBK:B000792070