Transformation with industrialization in peninsular Malaysia / edited by Harold Brookfield, with the assistance of Loene Doube and Barbara Banks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brookfield, H. C.

Doube, Loene, 1947-

Banks, Barbara.

Series:

South-East Asian social science monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaysia--Economic conditions.

Malaysia.

Economic conditions.

Malaysia--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Summary:

From colonial times until the late 1970s the driving force of the Peninsular Malaysia economy was the production and export of primary products--first tin, than rubber and timber, and finally petroleum. In the 1980s export-oriented industrial production took over as the leading sector economy, enabling Malaysia to become a world-class economic performer. This volume shows how a small country with a modest resource endowment used a strong political will to achieve a remarkable transformation. In the process, the contributors detail how the lives of ordinary people have been transformed in the light of Malaysia's economic success.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9676530301

OCLC:

28067665