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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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    A Paperback / softback by James F. Warren

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