Beyond Political Skin

1. Front Matter

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2. Economic Conditions of Indonesia and Vietnam in Pre-independence Era, 1910s–1945

   • Van Thuy Pham

   Pages 1-35

3. Vietnamese Nationalism and Socialism, 1945–1960s

   • Van Thuy Pham

   Pages 37-77

4. The Indonesian Struggle for Survival, 1945–1949

   • Van Thuy Pham

   Pages 79-117

5. The Indonesian Liberal Democracy, 1950–1957

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   Pages 119-157

6. Indonesia’s Guided Economy, 1957–1965

   • Van Thuy Pham

   Pages 159-207

7. Back Matter

   Pages 209-247

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This book explains the dynamics behind the economic transformation from the colonial era to the post-independence period in Indonesia and Vietnam. It analyses the different Vietnamese and Indonesian government approaches to the economic legacies of colonialism remaining in these countries after independence. It also demonstrates that despite critical differences between the two nation-states, the Vietnamese and Indonesian leaderships were pursuing similar long-term goals: to create a truly independent national economy. The book discusses the way in which the Indonesian government established complete economic control, resembling the socialist transformation of North Vietnam in the 1950s, and the various means by which the government of South Vietnam concentrated economic power in its own hands during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It also explores how the Indonesian government was determined remove the economic legacy of Dutch colonialism by placing the entire economy under strong state control and ownership in accordance with the spirit of Guided Democracy and Guided Economy in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. This book is a point of reference for students, researchers and academics interested in a comparative analysis of the economic systems implemented by the colonial and fascist powers in Indonesia and Vietnam.

• Colonial to national economies in Indonesia and Vietnam
• Southeast Asian history
• Indonesian history
• Vietnamese history
• Economic decolonization in Southeast Asia
• Economic nationalism in Southeast Asia
• Indonesia and Vietnam
• Vietnamese nationalism and socialism
• Ideological basis of guided economy
• Western colonialism
• Plural society in Southeast Asia
• Foreign trade in Southeast Asia
• Domestic development
• Pre-war economic conditions in Southeast Asia
• The Indonesian struggle for survival
• The democratic experiment in Indonesia
• histrorical sociology

• College of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam

  Phạm Văn Thuỷ

Pham Van Thuy studied Global History at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, where he obtained his BA degree in 2005. He then attended Leiden University and was awarded his second BA, MPhil (Master of Philosophy) and Doctorate degrees in 2007, 2009 and 2014 respectively. He is currently teaching Global History at the Faculty of History, College of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi. His main field of interest is Southeast Asian history, particularly the political economy of Indonesia and Vietnam in pre-modern and early modern periods. Thuy has published a wide range of articles and book chapters in Vietnamese and English relating to the political and economic history of Southeast Asia, Vietnam and Indonesia. 

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