Law Wing Sang
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099296
- eISBN:
- 9789882206755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099296.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter focuses on the emergent formation of collaborative colonialism in the early colonial era: from the First Opium War (1840–1842) to the 1911 Republican Revolution. It notes that long ...
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This chapter focuses on the emergent formation of collaborative colonialism in the early colonial era: from the First Opium War (1840–1842) to the 1911 Republican Revolution. It notes that long before the Opium Wars, many coastal Chinese were already in close contact with Europeans as a result of the latter's trading in commodities such as tea, porcelain, silk, and foodstuffs. With commercial activities manifest in the coastal Chinese regional networks, in Southeast Asian economies, and in the European dominated New World, a class of elite transnationals arose around Hong Kong and exercised considerable economic clout. It notes that the overall effect of nineteenth-century European colonial expansion in the region was the inclusion of Chinese merchants in the newly arisen global networks; yet the dependence of the Europeans on the Chinese also helped boost the ability of some Chinese merchants to dominate intra-Asian trade, including trade with China.Less
This chapter focuses on the emergent formation of collaborative colonialism in the early colonial era: from the First Opium War (1840–1842) to the 1911 Republican Revolution. It notes that long before the Opium Wars, many coastal Chinese were already in close contact with Europeans as a result of the latter's trading in commodities such as tea, porcelain, silk, and foodstuffs. With commercial activities manifest in the coastal Chinese regional networks, in Southeast Asian economies, and in the European dominated New World, a class of elite transnationals arose around Hong Kong and exercised considerable economic clout. It notes that the overall effect of nineteenth-century European colonial expansion in the region was the inclusion of Chinese merchants in the newly arisen global networks; yet the dependence of the Europeans on the Chinese also helped boost the ability of some Chinese merchants to dominate intra-Asian trade, including trade with China.
William Chapman
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824836313
- eISBN:
- 9780824871246
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824836313.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This concluding chapter presents some final thoughts on the significance of Southeast Asia's ancient ruins, of the past, and of the conservation thereof. It explains that while in practical terms ...
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This concluding chapter presents some final thoughts on the significance of Southeast Asia's ancient ruins, of the past, and of the conservation thereof. It explains that while in practical terms these ruins—with notable exceptions—provide little impact on Southeast Asian politics and economy as a whole, they persist in the Southeast Asian peoples' imaginations as sites of special significance, for varying reasons. The chapter also looks at the challenges facing these ancient sites today, from the persistent concerns of these sites' relevance and conservation to issues of interpretation, training, and so on. Finally, it returns to the questions of the appeal and popular sentiment that these ruins have and will continue to inspire in people all over the world.Less
This concluding chapter presents some final thoughts on the significance of Southeast Asia's ancient ruins, of the past, and of the conservation thereof. It explains that while in practical terms these ruins—with notable exceptions—provide little impact on Southeast Asian politics and economy as a whole, they persist in the Southeast Asian peoples' imaginations as sites of special significance, for varying reasons. The chapter also looks at the challenges facing these ancient sites today, from the persistent concerns of these sites' relevance and conservation to issues of interpretation, training, and so on. Finally, it returns to the questions of the appeal and popular sentiment that these ruins have and will continue to inspire in people all over the world.
