Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology CHAPTER 1. Introduction CHAPTER 2. Economic Growth and Structural Change: 1900 –1940 CHAPTER 3. Agricultural Expansion, Population Growth, and Access to Land CHAPTER 4. What Were Colonial Governments Doing? CHAPTER 5. International Trade, Balance of Payments, and Exchange Rate Policies: 1900 –1940 CHAPTER 6. Growth and Diversification of the Market Economy CHAPTER 7. Changing Living Standards and Human Development CHAPTER 8. The Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere: 1942 –1945 CHAPTER 9. The Transition to Independent States CHAPTER 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index About the Author