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Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1. Introduction
• Ch. 2. Economic growth and structural change : 1900-1940
• Ch. 3. Agricultural expansion, population growth, and access to land
• Ch. 4. What were colonial governments doing? : the myth of the night watchman state
• Ch. 5. International trade, balance of payments, and exchange rate policies : 1900-1940
• Ch. 6. Growth and diversification of the market economy
• Ch. 7. Changing living standards and human development
• Ch. 8. The greater Asian co-prosperity sphere : 1942-1945
• Ch. 9. The transition to independent states
• Ch. 10. Conclusions.

Author/Creator:

Booth, Anne, 1946-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Colonial legacies: economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia [by Booth, A.]

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

1900-1999

Social conditions

Colonial influence

Economic conditions

East Asia

Asia — Orient

Southeast Asia

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

HC441 .B64 2007

ISBNs:

9780824831615 (hardcover, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007006545

OCLC Numbers:

87472015