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MALAYA, INDONESIA, BORNEO, & THE PHILIPPINES: A GeographicalEconomic & Political
by ROBEQUAIN, Charles
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London [1954], Longmans. Blue cloth, trans. by E. Laborde, 39 b. w. photos, 36 maps & diagrams, index, 456p., end paper maps, 14 x 22 cm., dust jacket head & tail spine a bit worn, in mylar protector, else clean, solid copy. FIRST EDITION Covers the general features: discovery and partition, land & sea, climate, vegetation, fauna, peoples, their civilization the distribution of population, modes of life. . Covering in much detail the regions: Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Eastern Indonesia, the Philippines. . Colonial expansion & its effect on the economic system; population & exports, the region opened to world trade, economic systems, plantations & scientific agriculture, development of peasant agriculture, the problems of industrialisation. . Colonial achievement: social and cultural achievements, medical attention & hygiene. Also Christian missions, education, political development. * Translated from the French by E.D. Laborde. * An excellent scholarly resource. *** .
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- MALAYA, INDONESIA, BORNEO, & THE PHILIPPINES: A GeographicalEconomic & Political
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- ROBEQUAIN, Charles
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- Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; Malaya Or Malaysia: All Items Concerning The Area & Culture; Burma; Philippines:eclectica On The Islands, People, Culture, History &c...; Guidebooks On Southeast Asian Countries
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