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
7 - Food and Famine 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 7 focuses on food, living standards and population movements in rural areas and outside the main cities. The chapter assesses aspects of the standard of living such as real wages and increased mortality but pays particular attention to the changing wartime availability of food in rural Southeast Asia. Famine claimed 1.0 million lives in Tonkin and North Annam in Vietnam and 2.3 million in Java. These great wartime famines are deciphered in detail greater than ever previously.
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- World War II and Southeast AsiaEconomy and Society under Japanese Occupation, pp. 247 - 308Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020