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Technology and Entrepot Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940
Goh Chor Boon
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Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes ... Read more
How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
, Singapore
ISBN
9789814414081
SKU
V9789814414081
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Goh Chor Boon
Associate Professor Goh Chor Boon is General Manager of NIE International Pte Ltd, the business consultancy arm of the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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