Penang and Its Region
by Guan, Yeoh Seng; Leng, Loh Wei; Nasution, Khoo Salma; Khor, NeilEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-01-30
Publisher(s): Singapore Univ Pr
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Summary
From its beginnings in the late eighteenth century, the vibrant colonial port of Penang attracted a diverse range of peoples, enabled pioneering commercial enterprises, and fomented inter-ethnic collaboration and inter-cultural borrowings. The island came to be known as the 'Pearl of the Orient', and for many travellers it was their first port of call in Southeast Asia. In the early nineteenth century, Singapore displaced Penang in international trade, but the island remained a major focus of regional trade. For this reason, the story of Penang's relations with the Malay Peninsula and other parts of Southeast Asia reveal a great deal about conditions within the region.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Contributors | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Introduction Penang: Region and Networks | p. 1 |
| Conjunctures, Confluences, Contestations: A Perspective on Penang History | p. 7 |
| Penang's Changing Role in the Straits Settlements, 1826-1946 | |
| Tanjong, Hilir Perak, Larut and Kinta: The Penang-Perak Nexus in History | p. 54 |
| Penang's Trade and Shipping in the Imperial Age | p. 83 |
| From Regional Entrepôt to Malayan Port: Penangw's Trade and Trading Communities, 1890-1940 | p. 103 |
| Penang to Songkhla, Penang to Patani: Two Roads, Past and Present | p. 131 |
| Perceptions of Penang: Views from across the Straits | p. 150 |
| Migration and Enterprise: The Eu Yan Sang Firm and the Eu Kong-pui Family in Foshan, Penang and Hong Kong | p. 180 |
| A Prominent Chinese Towkay from the Periphery: The Choong Family | p. 190 |
| Koh Seang Tat and the Asian Opium Farming Business | p. 213 |
| Secret Societies and Politics in Colonial Malaya with Special Reference to the Ang Bin Hoey in Penang (1945-1952) | p. 224 |
| Riding the Storms: Radicalization of the Labour Party of Malaya, Penang Division, 1963-1969 | p. 244 |
| Index | p. 270 |
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