World War II and Southeast Asia - Economy and Society Under Japanese Occupation

The first comprehensive account of the impact of Japanese occupation on Southeast Asian economies and societies during World War II.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gregg Huff, Gregg (University of Oxford) Huff
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781107099333
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09933-3
• Pagine: 552
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, South East Asia, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, Modern warfare