Download or read book Merchants, Bankers, Governors written by P. J. Drake and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest times, 1786-1850 -- Taking root, 1850s-1870s -- Straits politics and trade infrastructure, 1867-1873 -- Opening the peninsula, 1874-1896 -- Currency and banking -- Rapid economic growth and change, 1896-1914 -- Merchant firm 1: Guthrie & Co. -- Merchant firm 2: Boustead & Co. -- World War I and its aftermath