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Opium and the Beginnings of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2002

Carl A. Trocki
Carl A. Trocki
Affiliation:
The School of Humanities and Human Services, Queensland University of Technology, Carseldine, Queensland 4034 Australia. c.trocki@qut.edu.au
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Abstract

The article suggests that the development of Chinese capitalism in nineteenth-century Southeast Asia was intimately connected to the participation of Chinese merchants in the financing and operation of opium revenue farming concessions. It examines the development and structure of the opium farming system as it operated in the region.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 2002 , pp. 297 - 314
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© 2002 The National University of Singapore

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