"Singapore’s Social and Business History Through Paper Ephemera in the Koh Seow Chuan Collection features essays on the history of one of Singapore’s most well-known family-owned enterprises, Eu Yan Sang; the business practices of the Chettiar moneylenders from India; and the role of remittance letters in fostering family ties among early Chinese immigrants in Singapore"--Foreword.
- Title
- Singapore’s social & business history through paper ephemera in the Koh Seow Chuan collection
- Creator
- National Library Board
- Subject
- Business enterprises—Singapore--History
Eu Yan Sang International Ltd.--History
Nattukottai Chettiars
Moneylenders—Singapore--History
Credit—Singapore--History
Chinese—Singapore—Correspondence--History
Emigrant remittances--Singapore
Business enterprises
Family-owned businesses
- Publisher
- National Library Board Singapore, 2017
- Contributor
- Koh, Keng We
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 44889 KB, 124 p. : ill.
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
Introduction. Meaningful fragments: paper ephemera and piecing histories from below / Koh Keng We
ch. 1. History of a transnational business enterprise: The Eu Yan Sang-Sang Woh-Yan Woh empire / Koh Keng We
ch. 2. Court and law: reassessing business practices of the Chettiars in colonial Singapore through legal documents / Kannan Kesavan
ch. 3. Warm tidings in a Cold War: remittance letters and family ties in the Chinese Diaspora, 1950s-1970s / Dong Huiying
Acknowledgements – Index – About the authors.
All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore, 2017
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