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BL
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1043784
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b798154
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| Main Entry
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Huff, W. G.
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| Title & Author
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The economic growth of Singapore : : trade and development in the twentieth century /\ W.G. Huff.
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| Edition Statement
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"First paperback ed. " -- verso title page.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1997.
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xxi, 472 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521629446
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: 9780521629447
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-446) and index.
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| Contents
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Part I. Themes and Beginnings: 1. Patterns in the economic development of Singapore, 1870-1990 ; 2. Singapore in the late-nineteenth century -- Part II. Development as a Staple Port, 1900-1939: 3. Trade, finance and development ; 4. Ocean-going shipping, the port and regional transport ; 5. Immigration, population and employment ; 6. Rubber: the twentieth-century innovation ; 7. Rubber, industrialisation and the development of Chinese banking ; 8. Petroleum and tin: the twentieth century boom commodity and a staple in decline ; 9. The trade in imported manufactures -- Part III. Staple Port and Rapid Growth, 1947-1990: 10. The staple port resurgent: development to 1959 ; 11. Markets, government and growth, 1960-1990 ; 12. Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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The first comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia.
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Commerce.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Emigration and immigration-- Economic aspects.
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Strategic aspects of individual places.
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Singapore, Commerce.
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Singapore, Economic conditions.
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Singapore, Economic policy.
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Singapore, Emigration and immigration, Economic aspects.
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Singapore, Strategic aspects.
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Singapore.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.95957
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| LC Classification
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HC445.8.H84 1997
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| Parallel Title
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Trade and development in the twentieth ecentury
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