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Penang Chinese Commerce in the 19th Century The Rise and Fall of the Big Five 1st Edition by Wong Yee Tuan ISBN 9814515035 9789814515030
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ISBN(s): 9789814515030, 9814515035
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 16.95 MB
Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 9814515035
ISBN 13: 9789814515030
Author: Wong Yee Tuan
“No one doubts that traditional business practice, with its emphasis on kinship and other social relationships, was transplanted from China to the Nanyang firm. where it continues to influence commercial activities today, especially in the case of the family firm. Much has already been made of overseas Chinese success, with many writers proposing that various forms of socioeconomic “networking” have provided significant advantages by facilitating access to labour, markets and credit. What has all too often been missing from the analysis is historical evidence.
This study helps fill the gap by providing welcome detail about five closely connected families in Penang (the Khoo, Cheah, Lim, Yeoh and Tan). …. Following a short, but informative, introduction, the first substantive chapter establishes the role played by Hokkien clans in developing Penang as a trading port. After a short third chapter proves the obvious importance of intermarriage, more than 20 pages rehearse the formative years when sub-ethnic solidarity was dangerously undermined by secret society wars and opium rivalry.
…. Wong avoids essentialist generalisations in his study of Chinese business practice. His is an enterprising and worthwhile book.”
Table of contents:
1 – Introduction
2 – Penang and the Big Five in Regional Context
3 – Kith and Kin: The Big Five Familial Web
4 – Opium Farm Rivalry
5 – The Contest for ‘White Gold’
6 – Western Mercantile Elite and Their Challenge to the Penang Chinese
7 – New Regional Order and the Decline of the Big Five
8 – Conclusion
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Tags: Wong Yee Tuan, Penang, Chinese Commerce, 19th Century, Rise, Fall, Big Five