SOAS Research Online

A Free Database of the Latest Research by SOAS Academics and PhD Students

[skip to content]

Charney, Michael W. and Naono, Atsuko (2015) 'The Burmese Economy under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945.' In: Boldorf, Marcel and Ikazaki, Tetsuji, (eds.), Economies Under Occupation: The Hegemony of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. Singapore: Routledge, pp. 218-231.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Burma was the most geographically isolated part of the Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia and hosted the largest concentration of Japanese troops in that region. These conditions encouraged political maneuvering, including the grant of nominal independence to Burma in 1943, that complicated Japanese economic goals in Burma. The Japanese both prioritised military needs, including the construction of a railway connecting Thailand and Burma for military purposes, as well as opening up the country for experimentation with strategic crops by Japanese companies and economic advisers. This emphasis on Japan’s wartime needs and the decline of Japanese shipping during the war, prevented economic developments that could have made up for the loss of European markets for the former British colony, leaving Burma impoverished and contributing to Burma’s defection to the invading Allies in 1945.

Item Type: Book Chapters
Keywords: Burma, Myanmar, Japan, Occupation, World War II, economy, banking, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Thai-Burma Railway, Southern Regions Development Bank, Mitsubishi Trading Company, Japanese Military Administration, Southeast Asia
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of History
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of History
ISBN: 9780415835336
Date Deposited: 22 Dec 2014 12:27
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/19320
Related URLs: https://books.g ... q=naono&f=false (Organisation URL)
http://www.rout ... /9780415835336/ (Publisher URL)

Altmetric Data

There is no Altmetric data currently associated with this item.

Statistics

Download activity - last 12 monthsShow export options
Downloads since deposit
6 month trend
0Downloads
6 month trend
1,003Hits
Accesses by country - last 12 monthsShow export options
Accesses by referrer - last 12 monthsShow export options

Repository staff only

Edit Item Edit Item