Chinese revenue farms and borders in Southeast Asia
(2008) Chinese revenue farms and borders in Southeast Asia. Modern Asian Studies.
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Abstract
This article examines the role of Chinese revenue farmers in defining the borders of the various colonial territories and the states of Southeast Asia during the nineteenth century. Their significance has largely been neglected in writing on the formation of state boundaries. Nicholas Tarling notes, 'Between the late eighteenth and the early twentieth almost all southeast Asia was divided into colonies or protectorates held by the Western powers, and new boundaries were drawn with the object of avoiding conflict among them.'(Tarling, 2001:44). This paper argues that Chinese revenue farmers were of considerable significance in giving substance to the formalistic pronouncements of remote diplomats and statesmen.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Status: | In Press |
| Subjects: | 220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General 430000 History and Archaeology > 430100 Historical Studies > 430102 History - Asian |
| ID Code: | 10605 |
| Deposited By: | Free, Pat |
| Deposited On: | 08 November 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASS |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2008 Cambridge University Press |
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