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“Imperium in Imperio”: The Corporation, Mining, and Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–1930 (2020)
Journal Article
Baillargeon, D. (2022). “Imperium in Imperio”: The Corporation, Mining, and Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–1930. Enterprise and Society, 23(2), 325-356. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2020.49

This article examines the history of mining in British Southeast Asia during the early twentieth century. In particular, it focuses on the histories of the Burma Corporation and the Duff Development Company, which were located in British-occupied Bur... Read More about “Imperium in Imperio”: The Corporation, Mining, and Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–1930.

‘On the Road to Mandalay’: The Development of Railways in British Burma, 1870–1900 (2020)
Journal Article
Baillargeon, D. (2020). ‘On the Road to Mandalay’: The Development of Railways in British Burma, 1870–1900. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 48(4), 654-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2020.1741838

This article examines the history of railway development in British Burma between 1870 until 1900. In particular, it focuses on how railways and public works projects became a key site of contestation about Burma’s prospects, value, and future during... Read More about ‘On the Road to Mandalay’: The Development of Railways in British Burma, 1870–1900.