About the Author

Peter J. RIMMER is a Geographer and internationally recognized authority on urban and regional development in the Asian Pacific region. Since 2000 he has been Professor Emeritus and Visiting Fellow in Pacific and Asian History in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra. Howard DICK is an Economist and Economic Historian at the University of Melbourne and Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Newcastle (N.S.W.).