Showing papers in "Journal of Contemporary Asia in 1979"
TL;DR: In this paper, tourism and underdevelopment in Southeast Asia are discussed. But the authors focus on the tourism sector and do not consider the underdevelopment of the under-development region.
Abstract: (1979). Tourism and underdevelopment in Southeast Asia. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 274-287.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new light on the 1965 events is shed on the "whose plot" and the "who-plot" in the 1965 Indo-Saravanan conflict.
Abstract: (1979). Whose plot?-New light on the 1965 events. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 197-215.
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TL;DR: In the village of Gondosari as mentioned in this paper, the large landowners have been in a position to take advantage of the modernisasi of agricultural production, and they have been able to maintain and enlarge their economic power.
Abstract: Summary It has mainlv been the large landowners in Gondosari who have been in a position to take advantage of the modernisasi of agricultural production. Long before the seventies they enjoyed a dominant economic, social and political position in the village. Closely linked by family ties,7 they have occupied all the important positions (such as village head and members of the village administration) since the end of the last century. In this way they have been able to maintain and enlarge their economic power. Although several of them attempted to engage in commercial farming in the past, particularly in the twenties, until recently such efforts did not always meet with success. The cultivation of cash crops such as peanuts and kapok was practically under their complete control, but because profit margins were narrow, this did not lead to accumulation on a large scale. In the period 1930 to 1950, when monetized trade practically disappeared as a consequence of economic depression, war and revolution, com...
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TL;DR: In this article, the dynamics of oligopolistic annexationism in the tobacco industry are discussed, and the authors propose a model of the world tobacco industry as an example of such a system.
Abstract: (1979). World tobacco: The dynamics of oligopolistic annexationism. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 255-273.
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TL;DR: In this article, the problems of economic planning for underdeveloped socialist countries were addressed in the context of the International Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 9, No 1, pp 5-26.
Abstract: (1979) Problems of economic planning for underdeveloped socialist countries Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 9, No 1, pp 5-26
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TL;DR: Samir amin on underdevelopment Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 9, No 3, pp 325-336 as discussed by the authors, 1979, Samir Amin, et al., 1979
Abstract: (1979) Samir amin on underdevelopment Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 9, No 3, pp 325-336