The diversification of colonial capitalism: British agency houses in Southeast Asia during the 1950s and the 1960s

Dynamic Asia: Business, Trade and Economic Development in Pacific Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 12-40

  White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a School of Social Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85082893400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429461248-10     Document Type: Chapter

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