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The Economic Development of Southeast Asia in the Colonial Era: c.1870–1942
Article first published online: 10 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00497.x
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Booth, A. (2008), The Economic Development of Southeast Asia in the Colonial Era: c.1870–1942. History Compass, 6: 25–53. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00497.x
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- Issue published online: 10 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 10 JAN 2008
- History Compass 6/1 (2008): 25–53, 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00497.x
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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.