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Book Review: Ulbe Bosma, The Making of a Periphery: How Island Southeast Asia became a Mass Exporter of Labor. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019, xii + 294 pp. ISBN: 9780231188524, price: USD 65.00 (paperback), 9780231547901, USD 64.99 (e-book).
Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, Vol.177(1), pp.135-137
2021
Abstract
What has made Island Southeast Asia, once a prosperous region in the world, into a source of unskilled workers? Was the ‘peripheralization’ of this region solely the product of the history of European colonialism? The author of the book under review, Ulbe Bosma, a reputable economic historian, invites the reader to discuss these thought-provoking questions by delving into current debates on relevant socio-economic theories and documents from various colonial archives, all in a compact 306 pages. The result is a noteworthy example of a comparative global history that is highly relevant in today’s context...
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- Title
- Book Review: Ulbe Bosma, The Making of a Periphery: How Island Southeast Asia became a Mass Exporter of Labor. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019, xii + 294 pp. ISBN: 9780231188524, price: USD 65.00 (paperback), 9780231547901, USD 64.99 (e-book).
- Authors/Creators
- G.S. Mohammad (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, Vol.177(1), pp.135-137
- Publisher
- Brill
- Identifiers
- 991005544572107891
- Copyright
- © 2021
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences; Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Review
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