Economic Change in South-East Asia. c.1830-1980.
by BROWN, IAN
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Oxford.: Oxford University Press. 1997.. Endpaper maps, xvii + 300pp, index, bibliography, tables, extremities lightly rubbed, dustjacket closed tear lower cover, good hardback copy. "This book provides an introduction to the economic history of South-East Asia from the early nineteenth century to the contemporary period. It examines, for example, the strong commitment of agriculturists across the region to cultivation for export markets from the middle decades of the nineteenth century, and the impact of agricultural specialization on their material welfare; the economic role of the immigrant Chinese as traders, moneylenders, revenue, farmers, bankers and industrialists; the impact of the inter-war depression on the economies of South-East Asia; the implications of the green Revolution in rice for rural inequalities; and the causes and nature of South-East Asia's modern industrialization." - Dustjacket blurb. .
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- Asia Bookroom (AU)
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- Title
- Economic Change in South-East Asia. c.1830-1980.
- Author
- BROWN, IAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford.
- Date Published
- 1997.
- Keywords
- 19th Century, 20th Century, Economics, Immigration, Industrialisation, Labour, Overseas Chinese, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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