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Title: | "To forge a strong and wealthy China": The buy-Chinese products movement in Singapore, 1905-1937 | Authors: | HU WEN | Keywords: | Buy-Chinese products movement, Boycott, Chinese, Singapore, Economy, Nationalism, History | Issue Date: | 11-Apr-2005 | Citation: | HU WEN (2005-04-11). "To forge a strong and wealthy China": The buy-Chinese products movement in Singapore, 1905-1937. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | This thesis examines the history of the a??buy-Chinese productsa?? movement in the Singapore Chinese community. The movement tried to encourage and increase the consumption of articles and commodities produced by Chinese firms, echoing its development in China. It was a long and large nationalist movement attended by various classes and groups in Singapore Chinese community from 1905 to 1937. Apart from reconstructing this unusual campaign, the thesis aims at assessing its success and limitations as well as using it to reflect on the nature of nationalism in an overseas Chinese community during this period. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/14636 |
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