Colonial Legacies : Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia / Anne E. Booth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2007Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource: ill., mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780824861926
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 330.95/041 22
LOC classification:
  • HC441 .B64 2007
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index.

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.

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