Gentlemen capitalists: British imperialism in South East Asia, 1770-1890

Abstract

British imperialism in south east Asia - a historiographical introduction early British expansion into south east asia - 1750-1795 the origins of Singapore - 1795-1819 Anglo-Dutch relations and the Treaty of London - 1819-1850 the British in Borneo and the Malay states - 1824-1850 British imperialism in Burma and Siam - 1820-1850 British imperialism in the Malay states and Borneo - 1850-1890 Burma and Siam, 1850-1900 - conquest and collaboration.