Emporium in imperio: Nanyang networks and the Straits Chinese in Singapore, 1819-1914.

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Frost, Mark Ravinder | Copyright information

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries empires and diasporas functioned as powerful 'motors' of globalisation, generating traffic in goods, peoples and ideas that integrated vast portions of the planet. Research into the global exchanges this traffic facilitated, however, has been a relatively recent endeavour. As historians flee themselves from the spatial preconceptions that are the legacy of the modern nation-state, abandoning the neat geopolitical compartments that...

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