Tropical Development: 1880-1913

by Arthur,William; Arthur,William

• ISBN13: 9780415381925
• ISBN10: 0415381924
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface
The Export Stimulus	p. 13
Preconditions for agricultural exports	p. 16
Results of export growth	p. 29
Conclusion	p. 43
Bibliography	p. 45
Tropical Exports	p. 46
The rate of growth	p. 46
Individual commodities	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 61
Bibliography	p. 62
Colombia	p. 64
Introduction	p. 64
The economic background of the transition to growth	p. 65
The political context: transition to semi-stability	p. 68
Population, social structure and human resource development	p. 71
Coffee in Antioquia: the leading sector	p. 78
The railway revolution	p. 85
The emergence of a modern industrial sector	p. 86
The role of the public sector in the Colombian transition	p. 89
The external economy and the transition	p. 94
Summary	p. 97
Bibliography	p. 98
Brazil	p. 100
Coffee	p. 101
Transportation	p. 105
Population	p. 108
Land	p. 111
Other agriculture	p. 113
Economic policy	p. 118
National income	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 126
Venezuela	p. 128
Introduction	p. 128
Lagging development	p. 130
Geography	p. 138
Land tenure	p. 139
Government	p. 142
Epilogue	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 146
The Gold Coast and Nigeria	p. 147
The Gold Coast	p. 149
Nigeria	p. 154
Factors affecting export development	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 174
Kenya and Uganda	p. 178
East Africa in 1880	p. 179
The Uganda railroad	p. 181
Kenya, 1901-1913	p. 183
The Uganda Protectorate, 1903-1913	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 196
Egypt	p. 198
The debt and the British occupation	p. 200
Economic growth, 1880-1913	p. 204
Growth factors	p. 215
Conclusion	p. 218
Bibliography	p. 219
Ceylon	p. 221
The plantation crops	p. 227
The dry zone	p. 234
Foundations of development	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 248
Indonesia	p. 250
Historical background	p. 250
Economic growth: the evidence	p. 256
Factors in development	p. 261
The indigenous economy	p. 272
Bibliography	p. 281
The Philippines	p. 283
The Philippines in 1880	p. 283
The last years of Spanish rule, 1880-1898	p. 290
The first years under American rule, 1898-1913	p. 295
The failure of out-migration	p. 301
Conclusion	p. 306
Bibliography	p. 307
India	p. 309
Agriculture	p. 310
Industrial production	p. 318
Infrastructure	p. 329
Conclusion	p. 333
Bibliography	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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