HOWARD DICK is Associate-Professor of the Australian Centre for International Business at the University of Melbourne and is an economic historian and Southeast Asia specialist. His other books include Surabaya, City of Work and The Emergence of a National Economy: An Economic History of Indonesia, 1800-2000. - PETER J. RIMMER is Professor Emeritus and Visiting Fellow in the Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is an economic geographer and Asian-Pacific Rim specialist and his other books include: Rikisha to Rapid Transit, The Underside of Malaysian History (co-edited) and Pacific Rim Development (edited).