British Economic Development in South East Asia, 1800-1939

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Countries:

  • Burma
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Singapore

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Notes:

Collection of contemporary texts, some extracted, from government papers, documents, articles, etc, touching on the history of British economic development in South East Asia - Malaya, Burma, Singapore and Thailand. Intended as a resource giving easy access to primary texts. Reproduced as facsimiles. Arranged in three volumes, viz: 1] General introduction and agriculture; 2] Mining, trade and industry; 3] Building blocks of development - governance, transport and communications, and human and financial capital