VIII. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE

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