Bridges to New Business: The Economic Decolonization of Indonesia

J. Thomas Lindblad

This monograph is the first comprehensive account of the decolonization of the Indonesian economy, a process with a different momentum and timing from the achievement of political independence. It traces the origins of economic decolonization to the late-colonial period, covers developments during the Japanese Occupation and the Indonesian Revolution as well as continued operations by Dutch enterprises in Indonesia during the 1950s. The book is based on research in a wide variety of primary sources. Themes discussed include economic policies, the changing position of Indonesian personnel inside Dutch-owned firms as well as the emergence of new Indonesian entrepreneurship.

J. Thomas LINDBLAD is Associate Professor in economic history at the Research Institute for History, University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

publication year: 2009
266 pages
ISBN: 978-9971-69-477-7  Paperback  US$30.00  S$38.00

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