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The Scottish Experience in Asia, c.1700 to the Present : Settlers and Sojourners.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing,
2016.
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| Colección: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: TheÈScottish Experience inÄsia, c.1700 toẗheÈPresent: Settlers andÈSojourners; Demographic Patterns; Impact; The Challenge ofËxceptionalism; Notes; Chapter 2: A Scottish Empire ofËnterprise inẗheËast, c.1700-1914; Colonising theËast India Company Before 1800; Human Capital; Beyond India; The Japanese Connection; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Scottish Orientalists, Administrators andÈMissions: AÈDistinctive Scots Approach toÄsia?; Scottish Orientalism.
- Administrators, Orientalism andÈRadical ReactionChristian Missions inÄsia; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Scottish Agency Houses inÈSouth-East Asia, c.1760-c.1813; Introduction; European Commerce inÈSouth-East Asia Prior toḦouses ofÄgency; The Need forḦouses ofÄgency; Scottish-Controlled Agencies; Major Business Enterprises; The David Scott Agency andÈNetwork; Why Scottish-Controlled Agencies inÄsia Were SoÈSuccessful; Notes; Chapter 5: Scots andẗheÏmposition ofÏmprovement inÈSouth India; Land Settlements inÏndia atẗheÈClose ofẗheËighteenth Century.
- Utilising Imperial Networks andMetropolitan IdeasThe Ideas Behind theRyotwari Settlement; Improvement fromAbove; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Death or aPension: Scottish Fortunes attheEnd oftheEast India Company, c.1800-57; A Question ofSources; The Risk ofLife inIndia; The Property Market; The Marriage Market; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Governor J.A. Stewart Mackenzie andtheMaking ofCeylon; Mackenzie's Career; Governor ofCeylon; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: Scots andtheCoffee Industry inNineteenth Century Ceylon; Notes; Chapter 9: Ceylon: AScottish Colony?
- The Scottish Presence inÈCeylonSuccess andÏnfluence inẗheÈPlanting Enterprise; Ethnicity andÈSkills; Legacy; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 10: Addicting theÈDragon? Jardine, Matheson & Co inẗheÈChina Opium Trade; Context; Contemporary Reputations; The Opium War; The Opium Controversy; Crumbling Reputations; Notes; Chapter 11: The Shanghai Scottish: Volunteers withÈScottish, Imperial andÈLocal Identities, 1914-41; Notes; Chapter 12: Ethnic Associationalism andÈNetworking among theÈScots inÄsia: AÈLongitudinal Comparison, c.1870 toẗheÈPresent.
- The Development ofÈScottish Ethnic Associations inÄsiaSt Andrew's Balls inÄsia; Active Associationalists andÈNetworks; A Comparative View Across Ethnic Groups; The Continued Importance ofËthnic Associations andÈNetworking AmongÈTwenty-First Century Scottish Expats; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 13: The Right Kind ofÈMigrants: Scottish Expatriates inḦong Kong Since 1950 andẗheÈPromotion ofḦuman Capital; Introduction; Colonial Hong Kong's Origins; The Origins ofḦSBC; Sojourner Perceptions ofẗheÈScottish Impact onḦong Kong.