volume 1. General introduction agriculture -- volume 2. Mining, trade and industry -- volume 3. The building blocks of development : governance, transport and communications, and human and financial capital index.

part Agriculture -- part Watson, The Land Laws and Land Administration of the Federated Malay States (1908) -- chapter R. G. Watson, the Land Laws and Land Administration of the Federated Malay States (1908) -- part Grist, Malaya: Agriculture, ‘Land Tenure’ (1929) -- chapter D. H....

v. 1. General introduction. Agriculture -- v. 2. Mining, trade and industry -- v. 3. The building blocks of development : governance, transport and communciations, and human and financial capital. Index.

"During the Industrial Revolution technological progress and innovation became the main drivers of economic growth. But why was Britain the technological leader? We argue that one hitherto little recognized British advantage was the supply of highly skilled, mechanically able craftsmen who were...