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Singapore Univ Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 2nd reissue edition. 246 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.
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Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885 (2nd Edition) Paperback - 2007
by Carl A. Trocki
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- Title Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885 (2nd Edition)
- Author Carl A. Trocki
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Second edition
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher NUS Press, Singapore
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9789971693763 / 9971693763
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007449372
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.510
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Singapore: NUS Press, 2007. Second edition. Paperback. New. New. At the time this book was originally published in 1979, it put forward a new theory about the early history of Singapore, i.e. Raffles didn't start from scratch. For at least a century before his arrival the Sultans of Johore and such of their brother sultans in the archipelago who could wriggle out of Dutch control, had been inviting Chinese capitalists and labourers into their domains to farm opium, gambier and pepper and develop business generally. The Johor sultanate was unique in that it recorded in some detail how these Chinese kongsis, or enterprises, operated. Trocki's work is based on research of these archives. 246 pages with the following chapters 1- Prelude to Singapore 1784-1819, 2 - The Prince of Pirates, 1819-25, 3 - The Temenggong of Singapore, 1825-48, 4 - The Temenggong and the Chinese, 1844-1860, 5 - Abu Bakar takes Command, 1860-73, 6 - Johor and the Maharaja, 1873-84, 7 - Johor in 1885: Prospects & 8 - The…
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