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Agriculture
Author_Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja
British Economic Activities
British imperial economics
bureaucratic obstacles
business government relations Malaya
Capitalism
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Colonial Administration
colonial administration policy
Colonial Office
Colonial Office Policy
Colonial South East Asia
Colonization
De La Croix
Development
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Federated Malay States
Frank Swettenham
Free Trade
General Development Company
Gentlemanly Capitalists
High Commissioner
investment barriers Malaya
Kinta District
land tenure conflicts
Lower Perak
Malay Mail
Malay Rulers
Malay States
Mc Clymont
Metropole
Negeri Sembilan
Prospecting Licences
Quit Rent
resource extraction history
Sir Frederick Weld
Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja
states
Straits Settlements
Sungei Ujong
Ulu Bernam
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415786713
- Weight: 521g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Aug 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja is an Associate Professor in History at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya. His field of specialization is Malaysian Economic History with interests in trade and the Indian community.
