Kaur Economic Change in East Malaysia

Sabah and Sarawak since 1850
1998
ISBN: 978-0-230-37709-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 291 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia

An authoritative economic history of Sabah and Sarawak since the 19th century emphasising their distinctive colonial history and the attempts to modernise them since they became part of Malaysia in 1963. They remain dependent on the production and export of a relatively small range of primary products. The considerable scrutiny from environmentalists and international and local pressure groups of timber exports in particular is examined. The book's examination of economic strategy in these states since the 1880s, demonstrates that the roots of the problems in the 1980s lay in policies formulated in the wider context of capitalist economic growth.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaur, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Introduction - PART 1: THEMES AND BEGINNINGS (c.1850-1940) - The Historical Setting - Patterns of Settlement and Production - Formation of an Export Economy - Population Growth, Immigration and Employment - PART 2: THE COLONIAL STATE, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ECONOMIC CHANGE (1946-1963) - The Japanese and Colonial Development Policy - PART 3: SABAH AND SARAWAK IN MALAYSIA - Introduction: Independence and Federation - Managing Development - Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amarjit Kaur is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economic History at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia.