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Technology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940
Goh Chor Boon
出版
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
, 2013
主題
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Business & Economics / Economic History
Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development
History / Asia / Southeast Asia
History / Social History
Social Science / General
Technology & Engineering / Industrial Technology
Technology & Engineering / History
ISBN
9814414085
9789814414081
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=G4_3AwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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 of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a "science, technology and society" perspective.