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
4 - National Product and Trade
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
Chapters 4 and 5 quantify Southeast Asia’s wartime economic collapse. In every country except Thailand wartime output drops created probably modern economic history’s greatest macroeconomic collapse (chapter 4). Per capita GDP fell by at least a half in most countries and trade to a fraction of pre-war levels. Chapter 5 describes similar contractions in transport, public utilities and manufacturing. The chapters explore a macroeconomic crisis that brought shortages or the unavailability of new clothing, soap and many basic manufactures. Southeast Asians suffered hunger, famine and an extreme deprivation of material goods.
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- World War II and Southeast AsiaEconomy and Society under Japanese Occupation, pp. 117 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020