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Colonial legacies : economic and social development in East and Southeast Asia /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Knowledge Unlatched Select 2017 (on order)
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.