The Rising Sun and The Bamboo Curtain:Japanese and Chinese Trade Competition in Java During The 1930s and The 1990s Crises

Abstract

This book is a fine example of this new historiography. Comparing two major economic crises in Indonesia, the ones of the 1930s and 1990s, he is interested in unraveling the cooperation and competition of Japanese and Chinese commercial networks in Java during both periods, seeking similarities and differences.