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010			_a2013-030073
020			_a9781107680050 (paperback)
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082			_a330.9591 _bBRO [ Shelf 74 ]
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100			_aBrown, Ian.
245			_aBurma's economy in the twentieth century / _cIan Brown, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
264			_aCambridge, United Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_axiii, 229 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction -- The economy at the beginning of the twentieth century -- Strains in the late colonial economy -- War and independence -- In pursuit of socialism -- Toward the market: the economy from 1988 -- Conclusion: themes and threads.
520			_a"At the beginning of the twentieth-century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in March 1962 but in this illuminating book, Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast Asia, provides a fresh examination of the country's economic past, thereby setting that failure in the context of the colonial period. For the first time, a review of Burma's economic experience in the final decades of British rule is integrated with an analysis of its economy since independence, providing a detailed understanding of the complex origins of Burma's economic failure in the second half of the twentieth-century. This is a compelling introduction to Burma's political and economic history for students in Southeast Asian history, development studies and political science"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650			_aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia. _2 bisacsh
651			_aBurma _x Economic conditions _y 21st century.
651			_aBurma _x Economic policy.
651			_aBurma _x Social policy.
651			_aBurma _x Politics and government _y 21st century.
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