Technology and Entrepot Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

Boon, Goh Chor

Omschrijving

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 to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a "science, technology and society" perspective.
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Schrijver
Boon, Goh Chor
Titel
Technology and Entrepot Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940
Uitgever
ISEAS
Jaar
2013
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
300
Gewicht
386 gr
EAN
9789814414081
Afmetingen
229 x 152 x 15 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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