{"product_id":"the-economic-growth-of-singapore-trade-and-development-in-the-twentieth-century-hardback-9780521370370","title":"The Economic Growth of Singapore; Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century (Hardback) 9780521370370","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Economic Growth of Singapore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTrade and Development in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. G. Huff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521370370, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  76 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 3.5 cm, 0.897 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… refreshing and sometimes thought provoking. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with export-led growth processes. But its audience is much wider; namely, vitually everyone - scholars, business, and lay persons - interested in Singapore's economy, past, present, and future as well as the economy of Southeast Asia generally. The book may become a classic.' J. Norman Parmer, Trinity University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the twentieth century. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Initial twentieth-century economic success was linked to a group of legendary Chinese entrepreneurs, but by mid-century independent Singapore looked to multinational enterprise to deliver economic growth. Nonetheless exports of manufactures accounted for only part of Singaporean expansion, and by the 1980s Singapore was a major international financial centre and leading world exporter of commercial services. Throughout this study Dr Huff assesses the interaction of government policy and market forces, and places the transformation of the Singaporean economy in the context of both development theory and experience elsewhere in East Asia.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Themes and Beginnings: 1. Patterns in the economic development of Singapore, 1870–1990\u003cbr\u003e 2. Singapore in the late-nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Development as a Staple Port, 1900–1939: 3. Trade, finance and development\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ocean-going shipping, the port and regional transport\u003cbr\u003e 5. Immigration, population and employment\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rubber: the twentieth-century innovation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rubber, industrialisation and the development of Chinese banking\u003cbr\u003e 8. Petroleum and tin: the twentieth century boom commodity and a staple in decline\u003cbr\u003e 9. The trade in imported manufactures\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Staple Port and Rapid Growth, 1947–1990: 10. The staple port resurgent: development to 1959\u003cbr\u003e 11. Markets, government and growth, 1960–1990\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007144808728,"sku":"9780521370370","price":115.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521370370i_9ab05a22-24bd-4c04-a430-29c0930e31bc.jpg?v=1691375869","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-economic-growth-of-singapore-trade-and-development-in-the-twentieth-century-hardback-9780521370370","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}