Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Buchreihe	:	A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	15. 05. 2000
Seiten	:	320
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	216 mm
Breite	:	140 mm
Gewicht	:	591 g
ISBN	:	9780333552995
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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John H. Drabble is Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Economic History, University of Sydney.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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List of Tables List of Figures and Maps Currency, Weights, Measures Geographical Note Abbreviations Glossary Preface Maps Introduction The Premodern Economy Part I: THE FORMATION OF A COLONIAL EXPORT ECONOMY (c.1800-1920) The Transition to Modern Trade The Growth of Production The Infrastructure The Growth of a Plural Society Overview: The Export Economy c.1920 PART II: DEPRESSION, WAR, AND THE ADVENT OF INDEPENDENCE (1920-63) The Interwar Years (1920-41) War, Reconstruction and the Advent of Independence (1942-63) PART III: TOWARDS A NEWLY-INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRY (1963-90) The Economy in Review The Primary Sector Industry The Distribution of the Benefits The Perspective from History Bibliography Index

Pressestimmen

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'I commend this book to all scholars of modern Southeast Asian history. For the first time, we have a book which places Malaysia's successful transition to modern economic growth within a longer historical perspective.' - Wang Gungwu, Director, East Asian Institute

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