Trade and society in the Straits of Melaka Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830

This pioneering work from a member of Malaysia's new generation of historians is a tale of two different cities, the one with a trading heritage dating back centuries, the other a new creation spawned by the declining fortunes of the once mighty Dutch East India Company. Melaka was an important...

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Main Author:	Nordin Hussin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore NIAS 2007
Series:	NIAS- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series
Subjects:	Commerce > Malacca, Strait of, Region > History Pinang > History > 18th century Malacca (State) > History > 18th century Pinang > History > 19th century
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