Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000 Volume 106 Contributor(s): Dick, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0896802213 ISBN-13: 9780896802216 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2002 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Social History |
Dewey: 330.959 |
LCCN: 2001036347 |
Series: Research in International Studies |
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 5.76" W x 8.42" (1.47 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. Yet in 1900, Surabaya was a bigger city than Jakarta and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by the Japanese occupation, revolution, and independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. Not until the export boom of the 1990s did Surabaya regain prominence as Southeast Asia's leading non-capital-city industrial area. |