TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goh,Chor Boon
TI  - Technology and entrepot colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940
T2  - Modern economic history of Southeast Asia
SN  - 9789814414098
U1  - 338.959570609041 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
KW  - Entrepot trade
KW  - Singapore
KW  - History
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Colonies
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -