Did the British distinguish between Malaysia and Singapore at the time or was Singapore nothing more than the entrepot for the region.
Charles Jannuzi wrote: > > I somehow doubt that all the non-British 19th > century immigrants that were attracted there > brought mostly capital. They brought labor for > the sorting and transport of rubber, for one > thing. It was also the locus of British imperial > rule for the area, so the origins might better be > termed mercantile than simply liberal free trade > (I know we always use such terms with offsetting > quotes on such lists as this). > > C Jannuzi > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
