Book contents
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology of World War II in the Pacific
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Southeast Asia in the Pacific War
- 2 Administration and Social Control in Southeast Asia
- 3 Finance for Japan’s Occupation
- 4 National Product and Trade
- 5 Transport, Public Utilities and Industrialization
- 6 Shortages, Substitutes and Rationing
- 7 Food and Famine in Southeast Asia
- 8 Food and Living Standards in Urban Southeast Asia
- 9 Labour and the Japanese
- 10 Costs of War and Lessons of Occupation
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Administration and Social Control in Southeast Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2020
Book contents
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology of World War II in the Pacific
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Southeast Asia in the Pacific War
- 2 Administration and Social Control in Southeast Asia
- 3 Finance for Japan’s Occupation
- 4 National Product and Trade
- 5 Transport, Public Utilities and Industrialization
- 6 Shortages, Substitutes and Rationing
- 7 Food and Famine in Southeast Asia
- 8 Food and Living Standards in Urban Southeast Asia
- 9 Labour and the Japanese
- 10 Costs of War and Lessons of Occupation
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 is concerned with how Japan administered and effected social control over Southeast Asia’s six main countries of Burma, Thailand (Siam), Malaya (including the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Penang and Malacca), Indonesia (Netherlands India), Indochina (the five French administrative districts of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south, along with Laos and Cambodia) and the Philippines. It is argued that this depended on a combination of Japanese co-option of elites, terror and Southeast Asians’ sense of self-preservation.
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- World War II and Southeast AsiaEconomy and Society under Japanese Occupation, pp. 48 - 83Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020