A crucible of Chinese trans-nationalism : the triad movement in late-colonial Singapore 1945-59

• Main Author: Li, Hezan Martin Edgar
• Other Authors: Koh Keng We
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Politics and government; DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects; DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Taiwan
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73574
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The existing historiography of Chinese Triads has generally been marred by a colonial inherited criminalising narrative. Most scholars study secret societies and the Triads with the mistaken belief that these associations had unravelled with the 1889 Societies Ordinance; and their political role the...