Colonial legacies [electronic resource] : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia / Anne E. Booth.
Material type: TextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2007.Description: ix, 241 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 330.95/041 22
- HC441 .B64 2007
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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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.