Beyond Silken Robes: Profiles of Selected Chinese Entrepreneurs in Singapore

Expands the definition of entrepreneur from business owners to include managers of organizations and innovators who initiate change through their expertise. The accounts of the 20th-century figures draw from interviews and material in the Oral History Department at the Singapore's Ministry of Information and the Arts. The treatment elucidates the role of Chinese immigrants in the society and economy. No index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.