The Impact of the Depression on Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies
Abstract
THE post-war boom for most primary producers, particularly in the East, was in the early twenties or mid-twenties. Government revenues, foreign trade figures, wage movements, profits earned and dividends declared, all point to the year 1929 as one of fairly stable conditions in the plantation rubber industry and the territories dependent on it. In spite of this, most of the Malayan administration reports referred to the year as one of difficulty, or even of depression for rubber and tin. The full onset of the depression was, however, not felt until the Wall Street crash.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies
Historical Economic and Social Studies
Asian Industrial and Economic Development
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 15–24
- Publication date
- 4 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter