Bridges to New Business The Economic Decolonization of Indonesia

This monograph offers the first comprehensive history of the decolonization of the Indonesian economy, a process with a different momentum and timing from the achievement of political independence. It traces the origins of economic decolonization to the late-colonial period, covers developments duri...

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Main Author: Lindblad, J. Thomas
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden KITLV Press 2008
BRILL
Brill
Edition:1
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Subjects:
Entwicklung
Indonesia
Indonesia > Economic conditions > 1945-1966
Indonesia > Economic policy > 20th century
Indonesia > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Indonesien
Industrial policy
Industrial policy > Indonesia > History > 20th century
Institutioneller Wandel
Kolonialismus
Nation
Volkswirtschaft
ISBN:9789067182904, 9067182907
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- BRIDGES TO NEW BUSINESS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter I Introduction -- Key concepts -- International dimension -- Historiography -- Outline -- Sources -- Chapter II From colonial to national economy -- The plural economy -- Seeds of transition -- Early Indonesianisasi -- Post-colonial trends -- Chapter III Occupation and revolution -- Nipponization -- Pioneering with Japanese consent -- Indonesians struggling to survive -- Dutch struggling to return -- Chapter IV A new dawn in business -- Industrialization -- Banking in a state of flux -- Small-scale entrepreneurship -- Indigenous conglomerates -- Chinese conglomerates -- Chapter V Voluntary nationalization -- A symbol of sovereignty -- Flying the national flag -- More state involvement -- Chapter VI Economic nationalism -- Conflicting priorities -- The policy that backfired -- Auxiliary policies -- Squeezing the Chinese -- Chapter VII Indonesianisasi -- Changing conditions -- Dutch corporate adjustment -- The record of oligopolists -- Achievements under pressure -- A comparative perspective -- Chapter VIII Take-over and nationalization -- The road to take-over -- Running somebody else's business -- Under new ownership -- Konfrontasi -- Final settlement -- Chapter IX Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Cabinets and political parties, 1945-1959 -- Appendix 2. Foreign trade, 1940-1960 -- Appendix 3. Exchange rates, 1950-1960 (Rp./) -- Appendix 4. Labour conflicts, 1950-1957 -- Bibliography -- Index