The Burma Delta :: economic development and social change on an Asian rice frontier, 1852-1941 /

In the decades following its annexation to the Indian Empire in 1852, Lower Burma (the Irrawaddy-Sittang delta region) was transformed from an underdeveloped and sparsely populated backwater of the Konbaung Empire into the world's largest exporter of rice. This work focuses on two major aspects...

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1. Verfasser: Adas, Michael, 1943-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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Zusammenfassung:In the decades following its annexation to the Indian Empire in 1852, Lower Burma (the Irrawaddy-Sittang delta region) was transformed from an underdeveloped and sparsely populated backwater of the Konbaung Empire into the world's largest exporter of rice. This work focuses on two major aspects of that transformation: the growth of the agrarian sector of the rice industry of Lower Burma and the history of the plural society that evolved largely in response to rapid economic expansion. --From publisher's description.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 256 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.
ISBN:9780299283537
0299283534
1283114313
9781283114318
9786613114310
6613114316