Colonial Legacies: Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia 9780824861926

It is well known that Taiwan and South Korea, both former Japanese colonies, achieved rapid growth and industrialization

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
CHAPTER 2. Economic Growth and Structural Change: 1900 –1940
CHAPTER 3. Agricultural Expansion, Population Growth, and Access to Land
CHAPTER 4. What Were Colonial Governments Doing?
CHAPTER 5. International Trade, Balance of Payments, and Exchange Rate Policies: 1900 –1940
CHAPTER 6. Growth and Diversification of the Market Economy
CHAPTER 7. Changing Living Standards and Human Development
CHAPTER 8. The Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere: 1942 –1945
CHAPTER 9. The Transition to Independent States
CHAPTER 10. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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