Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Kongsi and the History of the Singapore Chinese 7
8. 2. Conflict and the Kongsis of Southeast Asia 29
9. 3. Opium and the Singapore Economy 50
10. 4. Economic Struggle and the Singapore Kongsis 82
11. 5. The Rise of the Great Opium Syndicate 117
12. 6. The Collapse of Singapore's Great Syndicate 149
13. 7. The Demise of the Farming System 183
14. 8. Opium and the Political Economy of Colonial Singapore 220
15. Glossary 241
16. Bibliography 243
17. Index 253