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Gregg Huff presents the first comprehensive account of the economic and social impact of Japanese occupation on Southeast Asia during World War II. This is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and economies of Southeast Asia before, during, and in the decades after the Pacific War.
List of contents
List of figures; List of tables; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chronology of World War II in the Pacific; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Southeast Asia in the Pacific War; 2. Administration and social control in Southeast Asia; 3. Finance for Japan's occupation; 4. National product and trade; 5. Transport, public utilities and industrialization; 6. Shortages, substitutes and rationing; 7. Food and famine in Southeast Asia; 8. Food and living standards in urban Southeast Asia; 9. Labour and the Japanese; 10 Costs of war and lessons of occupation; Epilogue and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Gregg Huff is Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He is the author of The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century and co-editor of and contributor to World War II Singapore: The Chōsabu Reports on Syonan-to. Gregg has written numerous journal articles, including publications in the Journal of Economic History, Economic History Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Oxford Economic Papers, Cambridge Journal of Economics and World Development.
Summary
Gregg Huff presents the first comprehensive account of the economic and social impact of Japanese occupation on Southeast Asia during World War II. This is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and economies of Southeast Asia before, during, and in the decades after the Pacific War.
