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The Economy of Colonial Malaya - Administrators versus Capitalists (Hardcover)
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The Economy of Colonial Malaya - Administrators versus Capitalists (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial
economic importance to Britain's empire, those responsible for
administering the colonies were often not at all interested in or
supportive of commercial ventures, as this book demonstrates. Based
on extensive original research, and including detailed case studies
of the agricultural and mining sectors in late nineteenth and early
twentieth century Malaya, the book examines how administrators and
capitalists interacted, showing how administrators were often
hostile to business and created barriers to business success. It
discusses in particular contradictory colonial government policies,
confusion over land grants and conflicts within bureaucratic
hierarchies, and outlines the impact of such difficulties,
including the failure to attract capital inflows and outright
business failures. Overall, the book casts a great deal of light on
the detail of how business and government actually worked in
Britain's colonial empire.
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