THE INDONESIAN ECONOMY DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

Authors

  • Thee Kian Wie Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14203/jmi.v39i2.597

Keywords:

Japanese Occupation, Indonesian economy, Netherlands Indies

Abstract

This article is written as one of many tributes to Professor Anne Booth of the Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, who will retire by the end of 2013. This tribute is certainly warranted as Anne Booth is without doubt a redoubtable scholar specialized in the economy and history of the Southeast Asian nations, particularly Indonesia. The article starts with discussing developments in the Netherlands Indies in the 1930s, which is followed by a discussion of developments in the Netherlands Indies on the eve of the Japanese invasion. The article then discusses political developments in Japan in the 1930s; followed by a discussion of the start of the Pacific War and the fall of the Netherlands Indies. The main focus of the article concerns the Indonesian economy during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia (March 1942 – August 1945).

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Published

2013-12-19

How to Cite

Thee Kian Wie. (2013). THE INDONESIAN ECONOMY DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. Masyarakat Indonesia, 39(2), 327–340. https://doi.org/10.14203/jmi.v39i2.597