List of figures; List of tables; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chronology of World War II in the Pacific; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Southeast Asia in the Pacific War; 2. Administration and social control in Southeast Asia; 3. Finance for Japan's occupation; 4. National product and trade; 5. Transport, public utilities and industrialization; 6. Shortages, substitutes and rationing; 7. Food and famine in Southeast Asia; 8. Food and living standards in urban Southeast Asia; 9. Labour and the Japanese; 10 Costs of war and lessons of occupation; Epilogue and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
The first comprehensive account of the impact of Japanese occupation on Southeast Asian economies and societies during World War II.
Gregg Huff is Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He is the author of The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century and co-editor of and contributor to World War II Singapore: The Chōsabu Reports on Syonan-to. Gregg has written numerous journal articles, including publications in the Journal of Economic History, Economic History Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Oxford Economic Papers, Cambridge Journal of Economics and World Development.
'... Huff's work represents the most comprehensive 'total' history
of the occupation to date, including excellent sections on the
origins and legacies of the interregnum which I shall recommend to
students.' Nicholas J. White, The Journal Of Historical
Association
'… author deserves high praise for his thorough scholarly reckoning
of the occupation, a reckoning as important as it was overdue.'
Peter A. Coclanis, Mekong Review
'Gregg Huff's substantial and well-researched volume is the first
attempt to produce an extensive and analytical study of the period.
… a densely argued, deeply analytical and well-written account of
that subject.' Tilman Frasch, International Quarterly of Asian
Studies
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