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020 _a9789971693541
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_beng
_cKutubkhanah Diraja
082 _a959.57
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_aNordin Hussin
245 _aTrade and Society in the Straits of Melaka:
_bDutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780–1830 /
_cNordin Hussin
260 _aSingapore
_bNUS Press
_c2007
300 _a388p
520 _aThis study compares Melaka and Penang in the context of overall trends - policy, geographical position, nature and direction of trade, and morphology and sociology - and how these factors were influenced by trade and policies. Conclusions are drawn concerning where and how Melaka and Penang fit in the urban traditions of Southeast Asia and the significance of the fact that the period under study coincided with the shift from the height of the "Age of Commerce" towards a period of heightened imperialist activities
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