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020			_a9789971693541
040			_aPMNP _beng _cKutubkhanah Diraja
082			_a959.57
100			_93619 _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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