Economic Recovery in the Selangor River Valley in the Late Nineteenth Century
In the final stages of the civil war (1867-73), most of the smallholders of Kuala Selangor and the miners of Kanching (the modern Rawang) fled to escape reprisals and only a small proportion returned. In its early years, the colonial regime, hard-pressed by a fall in the world price of tin, had diff...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. - Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. - 81(2008), 1 (294), Seite 83-98 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2008
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Schlagworte: | Applied sciences Business Physical sciences Biological sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | In the final stages of the civil war (1867-73), most of the smallholders of Kuala Selangor and the miners of Kanching (the modern Rawang) fled to escape reprisals and only a small proportion returned. In its early years, the colonial regime, hard-pressed by a fall in the world price of tin, had difficulty in raising revenue sufficient to meet unavoidable commitments and expenses. In the allocation of its limited resources, it gave priority to building the railway from Klang to Kuala Lumpur, repaying the debts incurred during the civil war, and extending the basic machinery of government to out districts. So the Selangor valley lay neglected until the 1890s when improved communications induced development. |
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| ISSN: | 21804338 |