An Economic History of Indonesia: 1800-2012

by Daan Marks and Jan Luiten van Zanden

Book Overview

Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory.

The book looks at the major themes of Indonesian history: colonial exploitation and the successes and limitations of the post 1900 welfare policies, the price of instability after 1945,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415674123
• ISBN13: 9780415674126
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"