1st Edition

Tropical Development 1880-1913

Edited By William Arthur Copyright 2006
    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2005. Part of a series on Economic History, this book looks at Tropical Development from 1880 to 1913. These essays were prepared during the year 1967-8 for the tropics modern economic development began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century with its revolutionary reduction of transport costs and heavy international flow of capital.

    Preface

    1. The export stimulus, W. Arthur Lewis

    2. Tropical exports, Charles C. Stover

    3. Colombia, Ralph W. Harbison

    4. Brazil, Donal Coes

    5. Venezuala, Frederick Norbury

    6. The Gold Coast and Nigeria, A. Baron Holmes

    7. Kenya and Uganda, Bryan Devereaux Hickman

    8. Egypt, Russell Stone

    9. Ceylon, J. Edwin Craig, Jr.

    10. Indonesia, Robert J. Van Leeuwen

    11. The Philippines, Thomas Perry Stoner

    12. India, Russell Lidman & Robert I. Domrese

     

    Biography

    William Arthur