TY - BOOK AU - Booth,Anne ED - Project Muse. TI - Colonial Legacies : : Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia / SN - 9780824861926 AV - HC441 .B64 2007 U1 - 330.95/041 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaiʻi Press KW - East Asia KW - Colonial influence KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Economic conditions KW - Southeast Asia KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/8277/ ER -