1st Edition
Asian Entreprenuerial Minorities Conjoint Communities in the Making of the World Economy, 1570-1940
By Christine Dobbin
Copyright 1996
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Advances the theoretical understanding of the behaviour of entrepreneurial minorities and draws a vivid picture of how various imperial powers came to rely on local entreprenuerial minorities to establish their hegemony in Asia.
1: The Problematic: Classical Formulations; 2: Manila and the Creation of a New Chinese Identity 1570–1830; 3: Batavia and the Peranakan Chinese 1619–1870; 4: Bombay: The Parsi-British Affinity 1661–1940; 5: From Gujarat to Zanzibar: the Ismaili Partnership in East Africa 1841–1939; 6: From Madras to Burma: the Nattukottai Chettiars and Development 1852–1939; 7: Changing Chinese Enterprise in the Philippines and Java 1830–1940; 8: Conclusion: Creativity and Identity
Biography
Christine Dobbin
