Part I. Background 1. The Setting: An Introduction 2. The Framework of the Study Part II. The Rise and Fall of a Local Development Effort: 1890-1930 3. The 1890s: Growth and Diversification 4. Export Crops, 1890-1930 5. The Extractive Export Sectors, 1890-1930 6. The Non-Export Economy, 1900-30: Industrial Relapse and Lagging Agriculture 7. Conclusion and Review Part III. The Opportunity for Renewed Autonomy, 1930-48 8. The Export Sectors, 1930-48, Part 1 9. The Export Sectors, 1930-48, Part 2 (agriculture and fishing) 10. Economic Policy and the Non-Export Economy, 1930-48 Part IV. Laissez-faire Export-Led Growth: Disillusion and Reaction, 1948-77 11. The Export Sectors, Part 1: The Extractive Industries 12. The export sectors, Part 2: Sugar, Cotton and Fishmeal 13. Policy and Non-Export Economy, 1948-68 14. The Emerging Crisis 15. The Military Regime Since 1968 16. Conclusions