The Development of British Commercial and Political Networks in the Straits Settlements 1800 to 1868
The Rise of a Colonial and Regional Economic Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3655286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Webster (0009-0006-0592-1425, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 899-929 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x10000211 |
| OpenAlex | W2104553505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper examines the growth of the British commercial communities in the Straits Settlements in the first half of the nineteenth century. It describes how they emerged as a coherent commercial and political interest group, separate from the Indian empire, with their own network of allies and commercial partners in Britain. As such, the Straits merchants emerged as a significant political lobby in their own right. It contends that in the process, they revived earlier notions of Southeast Asia as a discrete geographical region, in which political and ethnic diversity was bridged by the flourishing of maritime commercial networks
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |