Colonial legacies : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia /

Colonial legacies : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2007.
Subjects:
Southeast Asia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Southeast Asia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Southeast Asia > Colonial influence.
East Asia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
East Asia > Social conditions > 20th century.
East Asia > Colonial influence.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Economic growth and structural change, 1900-1940
  • Agricultural expansion, population growth and access to land
  • What were colonial governments doing? The myth of the night watchman
  • State
  • International trade, the balance of payments, and exchange rate policies: 1900-1940
  • Growth and diversification of the market economy
  • Changing living standards and human development
  • The greater Asian co-prosperity sphere: 1942-1945
  • The transition to independent states
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

Similar Items