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M. 24 New forms of social modernity, endorsed by colonial economic development, were the focus of the scholarship that followed. This notion that the infrastructure and institutions of British colonialism brokered forms of modernity is central to the reception of the colonial prison and is the underlying theme of this chapter. Undoubtedly, the settlements were progressive economic and political ventures. 25 In 1826 they were collectively designated as an Indian presidency. However, the monopoly of the company was under threat.

In fact, in comparison with the Indian subcontinent, all three of the Straits Settlements promised regional migrants greater rights to self-determination. But such freedoms, operating under colonial rule, required careful management through covert strategies that would maintain racial hierarchies and ensure British authority. The colonial solution was a divided urban landscape where migrant communities would remain segregated. In the Straits cities, experiments with racial segregation, applied over time, ultimately produced a spatial template for a plural society, a system of citizenship for those territories that were precariously placed between colonies and dominions.

Wealthy individuals from various communities who were proprietors of land or house property with a permanent residence in the Straits could, once cleared by the police, be heard by the executive council and be issued a certificate of naturalization for a small fee ($25). 37 Because these were the legal conditions under which immigrants were claimed by the colony, the majority of the settlers were not interested in British citizenship. ”38 Similarly, Malay loyalties were to chieftains on the adjacent mainland, whereas the Chinese who were relatively distant from China focused on clan loyalties.

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