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| Name of the Collection | Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | II. Subject Files-1846-1984 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Modern Southeast Asian History and Politics, 1888-1972 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 10 |
| Abstract | Damodar P. Singhal’s collection of research material on the economic history of China and Philippines by the historian W. E. Cheong. It includes: 1. ‘Trade and Finance in China: 1784 – 1834: A Reappraisal’, reprinted from Business History Vol. VII No. 1, January 1965. 2. ‘Canton and Manila in the Eighteenth Century’, reprinted from Studies in the Social History of China and South-East Asia, 1970. 3. ‘The Beginnings of Credit Finance on the China Coast: The Canton Financial Crisis of 1812-1815’, The New Zealand Journal of History Vol. 5. No. 1, April 1971. 4. ‘The Decline of Manila as the Spanish Entrepôt in the Far East’, 1785 – 1826’, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. II No. 2, September 1971. 5. ‘China House and the Bank of England Crisis of 1825’, International Review of the History of Banking, September 1972. The file also contains Damodar P. Singhal’s materials for lectures given to Economic Development students on Chinese economic development. Includes lectures on Chinese and Indian economic development, strategies of Chinese economic development in the areas of agriculture, industry, foreign trade and infrastructure from the late 1950’s to the early 1960’s (1966). |
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| Keywords | Economic History of China and Phillippines; W. E. Cheong; Trade and Finance; Canton; Manila; Social History of China; Credit Finance; Spain; China House; Bank of England crisis; Economid Development; Lecture; Agriculture; Industry; Foreign trade; Infrastructure |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1965 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1972 |
| Extent | 164 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Typed |
| Language | English |
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| Donor | Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust) |
| Donation Date | March 2018 |
| Custodian | Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India) |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
