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Colonial legacies : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia
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Title
Colonial legacies : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia / Anne E. Booth.
ISBN
9780824831615 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2007.
Physical Description
ix, 241 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 19, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index.
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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