A turning point : the role of “race politics” behind the downfall of secret societies in Malaya during the mid-19th century to late-19th century

• Main Author: Seow, Yu Da
• Other Authors: Miles Alexander Powell
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137473
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The histories of Chinese secret societies in Singapore have generally been constructed with a colonial-portrayed criminalising narrative but reality was different, Chinese secret societies were legitimised mutual-aid institution propelled by the British’s indirect rule. The main focus of this disser...