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Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885 by Trocki, Carl A - 2008
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Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885
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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
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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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