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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464190103321

Autore

Allen G. C (George Cyril), <1900-1982., >

Titolo

Western enterprise in Indonesia and Malaya : a study in economic development / / G. C. Allen and Audrey G. Donnithorne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-50280-7

1-315-01630-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Economics. Development economics ; ; II

Altri autori (Persone)

DonnithorneAudrey

Disciplina

338

Soggetti

Industries - Indonesia

Industries - Malaysia - Malaya

Investments, Foreign - Indonesia

Investments, Foreign - Malaysia - Malaya

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1957.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; MAP ; I The Course of Western Enterprise ; II The Instruments of Western Enterprise ; III Agriculture in Indonesia: General Aspects ; IV The Java Sugar Industry ; V Some Indonesian Plantations: Coffee, Cinchona, Tobacco and Tea ; VI  The Rubber Industry in Malaya and Indonesia; VII  Agricultural Diversification: Palm Oil and Cocoa; VIII  The Malayan Mining Industries; IX  The Indonesian Mining Industries; X  Banking in Indonesia; XI  Banking in Malaya; XII  Shipping; XIII  Public Utilities; XIV  Commerce

XV  Manufacturing IndustriesXVI  Achievements and Prospects: A Summary; APPENDICES ; I Population ; II Western Investments in Indonesia ; III Western Investments in Malaya ; IV Indonesia's Export Trade ; V Malaya's Trade ; VI Rubber Statistics ; VII Tin Statistics ; VIII Production Indices ; IX Planted Areas ; X A Note on Forestry ; XI Trades of the Great East ; XII A Note on the Statute of Union between the Netherlands and  Indonesia; XIII Chambers of Commerce ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book demonstrates exact scholarship (and an) understanding of



the way in which business works...(it has) a capacity to reduce a mass of apparently unrelated facts into the neat shape of theory.""<EM>The Economist</EM> <BR>Describing and analyzing the part played by Western firms and governments in the economic development of Indonesia and Malaysia, the period covered by this survey extends from the early decades of the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Special attention is given to the changes that have taken place since the Second World War.  The intricate economic relations between Weste