Beyond the Myth : : Indian Business Communities in Singapore / / Jayati Bhattacharya.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Bhattacharya, Jayati,
• MitwirkendeR: Bhattacharya, Jayati,; Kesavapany, K.,; Narayanmohan, R.,; Yong, Tan Tai,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2011]; ©2011
• প্রকাশনার বছর: 2011
• ভাষা: English
• দৈহিক বর্ননা: 1 online resource (416 p.)

This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the peopl...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• LIST OF MAP, TABLES AND FIGURES
• Message
• Foreword
• MESSAGE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• Introduction
• PART ONE
• Chapter One. Making Singapore their Homeland: The Early Indian Migrants to the Lion City
• Chapter Two. The Post-Independence Period: Changing Dynamics and the Shift in Business Activities
• Chapter Three. Taking Strides into the Future: Transition and Transformation of the Indian Business Communities
• Chapter Four. Business Associations and Organizational Networks
• Chapter Five. The Indomitable Entrepreneurs: Three Case Studies
• Conclusion: Surging Forward
• APPENDICES
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Index
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR