TY  - BOOK
AU  - WEBSTER Anthony
TI  - Gentleman capitalists: British imperialism in South East Asia 1770-1890
SN  - 1860641717 (hbk.):
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - Tauris Academic Studies
KW  - BRITISH EMPIRE
KW  - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - NINETEENTH CENTURY
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
N2  - Suggests that British aristocratic and financial elites of the nineteenth century were more closely involved with the development of the countries of south east asia than the merchants and manufacturers of the industrial revolution. Looks at British involvement in Burma, Siam, Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo
ER  -