The Indian Diaspora in Malaya

Links and Divides Between the Chettiar Business Class and Working Class Indians During the British Colonial Era

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20179397
AutoresUmmadevi Suppiah (Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, Teacher’s Education Institute of Malaysia, Malay Women Campus, Jalan Maktab Durian Daun, Malacca, Malaysia, autor correspondente), Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja (University of Malaya)
Ano2017
Volume44
Fascículo2
Páginas252-269
Data de publicação2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndian Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0376-9836 • E-ISSN: 0975-5977
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0376983617726472
OpenAlexW2771411249
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas11

The historiography of Malaya that deals with Indian diaspora rarely differentiates Indians on the basis of their ethnic 3 origins and their relationships during the British era. The ethnic Indian populations during the British era comprised the majority Tamils, and the other groups such as the Telugus, Malayalees, Gujeratis, Chettiars, Sikhs and Indian Muslims. The ethnic groupings among those of Indian origin could be divided into three main economic classes: labour, business and civil service. This article focuses on the Chettiars as the group that comprised the business class and looks at their interactions with the other ethnic groups of Indian origin belonging to the labour class and civil service. This article demonstrates that although the Chettiar provided credit to other Indian ethnic groups, the moneylending system was one-sided, favouring only the Chettiar, who did not play a positive role in ensuring the overall socio-economic interests and welfare of working class Indians

Civil service · Development economics · Diaspora · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Political science · Sociology · Welfare · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia