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South East Asia in the World-Economy (Geography of the World-Economy)

By Chris Dixon

Book information

Year
1991
ISBN
9780521320351, 9780521312370, 9780511522161, 0521320356, 052131237X, 0511522169
LCC
HC441 .D59 1991
Open Library ID
OL1875830M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2244931 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
297\298
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is the first textbook survey of the pivotal position occupied by Southeast Asia in both the wider Asian and international economy. Professor Chris Dixon demonstrates how Southeast Asia's role has undergone frequent and profound change as a result of the successive emergence and dominance of mercantile, industrial and finance capital. He shows how the region has developed as a supplier of luxury products, such as spices; as a producer of bulk primary products; and how, since the 1960s, it has become a major recipient of investment and a favored location for labor-intensive manufacturing operations. The author examines how this progressive integration of South East Asia in the world economy has established the dominance of a small number of core areas and, in a concluding chapter, he explores the way in which the restructuring of the world economy in the 1980s has opened Southeast Asia to a new cycle of capitalist penetration.

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