Goh, Chor Boon, <br/><br/>
Technology and entrepot colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940 / 
Goh, Chor Boon. 
 - 281 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - Modern economic history of Southeast Asia .
 - Modern economic history of Southeast Asia. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789814414098 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepot trade--History.--Singapore<br/>Technology transfer--Colonies--History--United Kingdom--19th century.<br/>Technology transfer--Colonies--History--United Kingdom--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Singapore--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.959570609041