Globalization, industrialization and urbanization in Pre-World War II Southeast Asia

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-36

  Huff, Gregg ^a   Angeles, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Industrialization; Lewis' grand Third World agenda; N90; N95; Southeast Asia; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650735272     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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