Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
Peter Boomgaard · Ian Brown
Jan 2000 · BOOK MONOGRAPH Book 211 · Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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The principal cause of the 1930s depression in Southeast Asia lay outside the region through a sharp contraction in demand for the regions major commodity exports. But it had important internal causes too: an oversupply of primary commodities and an increasing scarcity of new agricultural land leading to higher rents and lower wages, rising indebtedness and increasing landlessness. This work thoroughly analyses the pre-war depression. It also looks at the changes in the basic structures of the economies of Southeast Asia that were of long-term importance, such as the role of the state in the economy. The authors also draw similarities and contrasts between the 1930s depression and the 1990s Asian crisis.
About the author
•Peter Boomgaard is Director of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden, and Professor of the Environmental and Economic History of Southeast Asia at the University of Amsterdam. His present research focuses on the forests of Java in the period 1600-1950.
•Ian Brown is Professor of the Economic History of Southeast Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is currently writing a book on rural Burma in the 1930s depression.
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