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Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to serve its rapidly growing economy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore.

Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore,

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    Publisher: NUS Press
    Publication Date: 30/06/2003
    ISBN13: 9789814722865, 978-9814722865
    ISBN10: 9814722863

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to serve its rapidly growing economy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore.

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