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Colonial legacies economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia Anne E. Booth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press c2007.Description: ix, 241 pages 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780824831615 (hardcover : alk. paper
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.959 041 BOO
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.
Summary: "It is well known that Taiwan and South Korea, both former Japanese colonies, achieved rapid growth and industrialization after 1960. The performance of former European and American colonies (Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) has been less impressive. Some scholars have attributed the difference to better infrastructure and greater access to education in Japans colonies. Anne Booth examines and critiques such arguments in this ambitious comparative study of economic development in East and Southeast Asia from the beginning of the twentieth century until the 1960s."--BOOK JACKET.
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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.

"It is well known that Taiwan and South Korea, both former Japanese colonies, achieved rapid growth and industrialization after 1960. The performance of former European and American colonies (Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) has been less impressive. Some scholars have attributed the difference to better infrastructure and greater access to education in Japans colonies. Anne Booth examines and critiques such arguments in this ambitious comparative study of economic development in East and Southeast Asia from the beginning of the twentieth century until the 1960s."--BOOK JACKET.

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