Asian Godfathers

Asian Godfathers
Author: Joe Studwell
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2010-09-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847651445

40 or 50 families control the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from vice to gambling. 13 of the 50 richest families in the world are in South East Asia yet they are largely unknown outside confined business circles. Often this is because they control the press and television as well as everything else. How do they do it? What are their secrets? And is it good news or bad for the places where they operate? Joe Studwell explosively lifts the lid on a world of staggering secrecy and shows that the little most people know is almost entirely wrong.

Money and the End of Empire

Money and the End of Empire
Author: G. Krozewski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2001-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1403919607

This book presents a penetrating new analysis of the end of the empire, located at the intersection of politics, economy and society in Britain and the colonies. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, when political control was feasible, discriminatory management of the colonies sustained Britain's postwar recovery. But synergy turned into conflict as Britain moved towards economic liberalization and financial cosmopolitanism, and found it increasingly difficult to reconcile established relations with emerging priorities. Based on a wide range of archival and other sources, this study relates political and economic developments in Britain and the colonies in original ways to overcome the gulf between peripheralist and Euro-centric explanations of postwar British imperial relations, and helps redress the neglect of the empire in modern international history. Money and the End of Empire will nourish debates in British and international economic and political history and is essential reading for historians of Britain and the empire.

The Economics of World War II in Southeast Asia

The Economics of World War II in Southeast Asia
Author: Gregg Huff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2020-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107099331

The first comprehensive account of the impact of Japanese occupation on Southeast Asian economies and societies during World War II.

British Colonial Rule in Sarawak, 1946-1963

British Colonial Rule in Sarawak, 1946-1963
Author: Vernon L. Porritt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN:

Sarawak, romanticized as the Land of the White Rajahs until 1946, lost its independence, became a British colony, and then became a state in the Federation of Malaysia, all in the short span of seventeen years. This book attempts to provide some answers to the questions often raised in connection with this period of unparalleled change in Sarawak's history, a period which has largely been neglected by researchers.

Africa, Asia, and South America Since 1800

Africa, Asia, and South America Since 1800
Author: A. J. H. Latham
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719018770

A reference for graduate and undergraduate students presenting the bibliographic details and sometimes describing and evaluating the content of over 5,000 books in English, most published since 1945 and many quite recently, but also some earlier works of enduring importance. A section of works on all three continents is followed by sections on each, which first consider the continent as a whole, then each country, usually by chronological periods and topics such as economics, politics, and society. Indexed only by author and editor, but the table of contents is detailed enough to provide adequate access. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

British Economic Development in South East Asia, 1880–1939, Volume 1

British Economic Development in South East Asia, 1880–1939, Volume 1
Author: David Sunderland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351573128

This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship. Covering 1880-1939, the economic growth of the region is revealed through a selection of rare primary resources organized thematically with sections dedicated to agriculture, mining, trade, labour, finance and infrastructure.