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John Butcher (Senior Lecturer in Asian and International Studies)⁰,
Howard Dick (Senior Lecturer in Economics)¹

John Butcher
1. Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
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1. University of Newcastle, Australia
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Part of the book series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia (SEESEA)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xviii

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Themes and Perspectives
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. A Fresh Approach to Southeast Asian History
  
  Howard Dick
  
  Pages 3-18
3. Revenue Farming and the Changing State in Southeast Asia
  
  John Butcher
  
  Pages 19-44
4. Revenue Farming in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on Taxation, Social Structure and Development in the Early-Modern Period
  
  Ian Copland, Michael R. Godley
  
  Pages 45-68
5. The Origins of Revenue Farming in Southeast Asia
  
  Anthony Reid
  
  Pages 69-79
6. Imperialism, Trade and Investment in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  
  Ian Brown
  
  Pages 80-88
7. Chinese Revenue Farm Networks: The Penang Connection
  
  Michael R. Godley
  
  Pages 89-99
Country Studies
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 101-101
  
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2. Trade, Rajas and Bandars in South Bali
  
  Alfons van der Kraan
  
  Pages 103-124
3. Revenue Farming and State Centralisation in Nineteenth-Century Kedah
  
  Khoo Khay Jin
  
  Pages 125-141
4. Revenue Farming, Economic Development and Government Policy during the Early Bangkok Period, 1830–92
  
  Constance M. Wilson
  
  Pages 142-165
5. The Collapse of Singapore’s Great Syndicate
  
  Carl A. Trocki
  
  Pages 166-181
6. The Origins of the Opium Trade and the Opium Regie in Colonial Indochina
  
  Hakiem Nankoe, Jean-Claude Gerlus, Martin J. Murray
  
  Pages 182-195
7. Revenue Farming and Colonial Finances in the Netherlands East Indies, 1816–1925
  
  F. W. Diehl
  
  Pages 196-232
8. The End of the Opium Farm in Siam, 1905–7
  
  Ian Brown
  
  Pages 233-245
Tax Farmers and Business Strategy
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 247-247
  
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2. Tan Seng Poh
  
  Carl A. Trocki
  
  Pages 249-254
3. Loke Yew
  
  John Butcher
  
  Pages 255-261
4. Thio Thiau Siat’s Network
  
  Michael R. Godley
  
  Pages 262-266

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Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of revenue farming, traces the changing fortunes of the Chinese businessmen who held the major farms, and uses the study of revenue farming to examine the emergence of the modern state in Southeast Asia.

Editors and Affiliations

Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

John Butcher
University of Newcastle, Australia

Howard Dick

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming
Book Subtitle: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia
Editors: John Butcher, Howard Dick
Series Title: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22877-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: John G. Butcher and H. W. Dick 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-08993-1Due: 03 August 1993
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-22879-9Published: 01 January 1993
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-22877-5Published: 15 September 1993
Series ISSN: 2946-8701
Series E-ISSN: 2946-871X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 309
Topics: Economic History, Microeconomics, Agriculture

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Front Matter

Themes and Perspectives

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Country Studies

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Tax Farmers and Business Strategy

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Keywords

About this book

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Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

University of Newcastle, Australia

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