Description
Book SynopsisThe Indonesian economy, took shape as part of the colonial transformation of the archipelago by the Dutch in the mid-nineteenth century. This book identifies key actors and analyzes long-term changes in agricultural production and rural society, examining how they shaped the national Indonesian economy.
Trade Review“Using exhaustive statistical data from international and domestic sources, Kano . . . has analyzed changes in the direction and contents of international trade and balance of payments to Indonesia.”
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Choice“Japanese scholars have made important contributions to Indonesian studies in recent years, but when they publish in Japanese, their work is known only to the small number of scholars of Southeast Asia who are able to read that language. It is good to welcome a book by Professor H. Kano of the University of Tokyo which includes both translations of work previously published in Japanese and also several new chapters prepared for the volume. . . . (A) stimulating book, well worth the attention of all serious students of Indonesia’s economic history since the middle years of the nineteenth century.”
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The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
