Colonial legacies
Subtitle: economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia
By: Anne E. Booth.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824831615
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Economic growth and structural change, 1900-1940; title: Agricultural expansion, population growth and access to land; title: What were colonial governments doing? The myth of the night watchman; title: State; title: International trade, the balance of payments, and exchange rate policies: 1900-1940; title: Growth and diversification of the market economy; title: Changing living standards and human development; title: The greater Asian co-prosperity sphere: 1942-1945; title: The transition to independent states; title: Conclusions; title: Bibliography; title: Index.