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Water, in its many guises, has always played a powerful role in shaping Southeast Asian histories, cultures, societies and economies. This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop, with participants from eight countries, contains thirteen essays, representing a broad range of approaches to the study of Southeast Asia with water as the central theme. As it was exposed to the sea, the region was more accessible to outside political, economic and cultural influences than many landlocked areas. Easy access through sea routes also stimulated trade from an early age. However, the same easy access made Southeast Asia vulnerable to political control by strong outsiders. The sea is, moreover, a source of food, but also of many hazards. At the same time, Southeast Asian societies and cultures are confronted with and permeated by 'water from heaven' in the form of rain, flash floods, irrigation water, water in rivers, brooks and swaps, water-driven power plants, and pumped or piped water, in addition to water as a carrier of sewage and pollution. Finally, the volume deals with the role of water in classification systems, beliefs, myths, illness and healing. Full Text (Open Access)

Ecohydrology -- Southeast Asia -- History. --- Water -- Pollution -- Southeast Asia. --- Water -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia. --- Water in agriculture -- Southeast Asia. --- Ecohydrology --- Water --- Water in agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- History --- Social aspects --- Pollution --- History. --- Eco-hydrology --- Hydrology --- Agriculture --- Water-supply, Agricultural --- Water-supply, Rural --- Aquatic ecology --- Ecohydrology. --- Water in agriculture. --- Pollution. --- Social aspects. --- Southeast Asia. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- rain --- fishery --- regen --- geschiedenis --- indonesie --- ziektes --- zee --- visserij --- philippines --- history --- indonesia --- piraterij --- cosmologie --- southeast asia --- water irrigatie systemen --- philipijnen --- watervoorraad --- rivieren --- malaysia --- water supply --- rivers --- cosmology --- piracy --- sea --- water pollution --- water --- water irrigation systems --- diseases --- maleisie --- watervervuiling --- Indonesia --- Irrigation --- Southeast Asia

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The principal cause of the 1930s depression in Southeast Asia lay outside the region-through a sharp contraction in demand for the region's major commodity exports. But it had important internal causes, too: an oversupply of primary commodities and an increasing scarcity of new agricultural land leading to higher rents and lower wages, rising indebtedness and increasing landlessness. This work thoroughly analyses the pre-war depression. It also looks at the changes in the basic structures of the economies of Southeast Asia that were of long-term importance, such as the role of the state in the economy. The authors also draw similarities and contrasts between the 1930s depression and the 1990s Asian crisis. Contributors are Peter Boomgaard, Anne Booth, Pierre Brocheux, Ian Brown, William G. Clarence-Smith, Daniel F. Doeppers, Paul H. Kratoska, J. Thomas Lindblad, Sompop Manarungsan, S. Nawiyanto, Irene Norlund, Jeroen Touwen, and Willem Wolters. Co-published with ISEAS, Singapore.

Economic development --- Economic history --- Economical crises

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Credit and debt are practical concerns of all times and places. They are also increasingly important topics in economic history and the social sciences, from Marcel Mauss and the anthropology of the gift to the urgent quest for understanding of today's global credit crunch. This volume brings together eight essays on credit and debt in the history of Indonesia, where for centuries debt and debt bondage played central roles in the organization of society, and where efforts to combat 'usury' and free peasants from indebtedness were central to the ethical and nationalist movements of the late colonial period. Topics range from the inscriptions of ninth-century Java to the first global financial crisis in 1930, and from Islamic laws against the charging of interest to the role of Chinese temples and Dutch church charities as credit providers. The history of credit and debt in Indonesia is examined from a wide variety of perspectives - legal, institutional, and cultural as well as economic. Attention is paid to parallels and contrasts with more recent developments, including the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and Indonesia's rise to fame as a pioneer of the current global microfinance revolution.

Debt --- Credit --- Borrowing --- Finance --- Money --- Loans --- Indebtedness --- History