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Wage Labour in Southeast Asia Since 1840

Globalization, the International Division of Labour and Labour Transformations

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Authors:
  1. Amarjit Kaur

    1. University of New England, Australia

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Part of the book series: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia (MEHSA)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Formation of a Southeast Asian Economy, c.1800

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-15

    3. Economy and Society in Southeast Asia, c.1800

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      Pages 16-24

  3. Globalisation in Historical Perspective: Southeast Asia and the International Division of Labour, 1870–1940

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Diasporas and Labour Systems: The Mining Sector

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      Pages 27-58

    3. Plantation Rubber and Wage Labour

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      Pages 59-110

    4. Labour Dynamics in Sugar and Rice Production: Coercion, Contract and Free Labour

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      Pages 111-127

    5. Urban Centres and the Manufacturing Sector: Industrial and Service Workers

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      Pages 128-140

    6. Labour and the Colonial State: The Socio-Economic and Political Bases of the Labour Movement

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      Pages 141-159

  4. Southeast Asia since World War Two: Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation and the New International Division of Labour

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      Pages 161-161
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    2. Newly-Industrialising Countries (NICs), the New International Division of Labour and Manufacturing Labour Systems

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      Pages 163-196

    3. The Global Labour Market: International Labour Migration in Southeast Asia since the 1980s

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      Pages 197-230

    4. Employment Relations, the Labour Movement and Labour Standards

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      Pages 231-257

    5. Conclusion: Globalisation, Economic Growth, and Labour

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      Pages 258-260

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 261-286
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About this book

Amarjit Kaur examines wage labour's role in economic growth and change in Southeast Asia since 1840. Her study focuses on globalization; the international division of labour and how transnational economic processes shaped and continue to shape labour systems. There are five main themes - labour processes, migration and labour systems; labour circulation or mobility; the gendered nature of labour relations; and, class consciousness, worker organization and labour standards. A wide-ranging study which will be of great interest to historians, economists and Asia specialists.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of New England, Australia

    Amarjit Kaur

About the author

AMARJIT KAUR is Professor of Economic History at the University of New England and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published extensively on transport, labour, and economic development in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

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