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V. THE GROWTH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

  • Harold Crouch
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Economic Change, Social Structure and the Political System in Southeast Asia
This chapter is in the book Economic Change, Social Structure and the Political System in Southeast Asia
© 2018 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute/Singapore

© 2018 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute/Singapore

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. FOREWORD vii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. I. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. II. TRADITIONAL POLITIES AND TRADE: PRE-NINETEENTH CENTURY SOUTHEAST ASIA 6
  7. III. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALIZATION AND MINING IN THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES 10
  8. IV. THE ROLE AND COMPOSITION OF THE BUSINESS CLASS 19
  9. V. THE GROWTH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS 30
  10. VI. THE LOWER CLASSES AND RADICAL POLITICS 33
  11. VII. SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS 40
  12. VIII. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE 50
  13. IX. CONCLUSION 55
  14. NOTES 57
  15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 61
  16. THE AUTHOR 69
https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814379038-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. FOREWORD vii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. I. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. II. TRADITIONAL POLITIES AND TRADE: PRE-NINETEENTH CENTURY SOUTHEAST ASIA 6
  7. III. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALIZATION AND MINING IN THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES 10
  8. IV. THE ROLE AND COMPOSITION OF THE BUSINESS CLASS 19
  9. V. THE GROWTH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS 30
  10. VI. THE LOWER CLASSES AND RADICAL POLITICS 33
  11. VII. SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS 40
  12. VIII. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE 50
  13. IX. CONCLUSION 55
  14. NOTES 57
  15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 61
  16. THE AUTHOR 69
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