Merchants, bankers, governors British enterprise in Singapore and Malaya, 1786-1920 by Drake, P. J. (Peter Joseph)

Table of Contents: “…The earliest times, 1786-1850 -- Taking root, 1850s-1870s straits politics and trade infrastructure, 1867-1873 --Opening the peninsula, 1874-1896 -- Currency and banking -- Rapid economic growth and change, 1896-1914 -- Merchant firm 1: Guthrie & Co. -- Merchant firm 2: Boustead & Co. - World War I and its aftermath…”