Rickshaw Coolie. A People's History of Singapore 1880-1940

by James Francis Warren

A$75 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Singapore. Oxford University Press. 1986. Stock ID #219440 Maps and black and white photographic plates, xix + 391pp, appendices, bibliography, index. 25 x 15.5cm. A prior owner's signature half title, a very good hardback copy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, the dreadful poverty of Singapore - the dark side of colonial urbanization - and the rhythm of what was normal in

• Binding: Hardcover

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