The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Fresh Approach to Southeast Asian History....Pages 3-18
Revenue Farming and the Changing State in Southeast Asia....Pages 19-44
Revenue Farming in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on Taxation, Social Structure and Development in the Early-Modern Period....Pages 45-68
The Origins of Revenue Farming in Southeast Asia....Pages 69-79
Imperialism, Trade and Investment in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries....Pages 80-88
Chinese Revenue Farm Networks: The Penang Connection....Pages 89-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Trade, Rajas and Bandars in South Bali....Pages 103-124
Revenue Farming and State Centralisation in Nineteenth-Century Kedah....Pages 125-141
Revenue Farming, Economic Development and Government Policy during the Early Bangkok Period, 1830–92....Pages 142-165
The Collapse of Singapore’s Great Syndicate....Pages 166-181
The Origins of the Opium Trade and the Opium Regie in Colonial Indochina....Pages 182-195
Revenue Farming and Colonial Finances in the Netherlands East Indies, 1816–1925....Pages 196-232
The End of the Opium Farm in Siam, 1905–7....Pages 233-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Tan Seng Poh....Pages 249-254
Loke Yew....Pages 255-261
Thio Thiau Siat’s Network....Pages 262-266
The Khaw Concern....Pages 267-271
Oei Tiong Ham....Pages 272-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-309