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The Colonial State And Business: The Policy Environment in Malaya in the Inter-War Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2002

Loh Wei Leng
Loh Wei Leng
Affiliation:
The History Department, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiaf10loh@umcsd.um.edu.my
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Abstract

The focus of the article is on the policy perspectives of the colonial state in Malaya vis-à-vis business, Western and Chinese. It touches on the policy outlook of the periods preceding the inter-war years before exploring various related topics (the question of industrial development, tariff policy, private sector initiatives) with a view to ascertaining the relationship between state and business.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 2002 , pp. 243 - 256
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© 2002 The National University of Singapore

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