Asia
The Economic Development of Southeast Asia in the Colonial Era: c.1870–1942
By , School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (January 2008)
Sections: Asia
Subjects: Imperial, Colonial, and Postcolonial History, History, Economic History.
Places: South-Eastern Asia, Asia.
Periods: 1000 - 1999, 1800-1899, 1900-1999.
Abstract
The article attempts a survey of economic development in the main colonies of Southeast Asia, and the independent country of Thailand, in the decades from 1870 to 1940. These decades witnessed a rapid growth of exports and in several cases quite fast growth of national income. The article examines the links between expanded export trade, economic growth, the role of government and living standards. The article stresses the very considerable differences which had emerged in a number of economic and social indicators by the late 1930s.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00497.x
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