1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001711100403321

Autore

Lobe, William

Titolo

Die Ernabrung der Landwirtschaftlichen Hausthiere nach naturwissenschaftlichen Grundsatzen / William Lobe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leipzig : Herm. Weitzbach, 1871

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 685 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

636.084

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 636.084 B 3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966679203321

Autore

Rutten Mario

Titolo

Rural capitalists in Asia : a comparative analysis on India, Indonesia, and Malaysia / / Mario Rutten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-135-78940-1

9786610138555

1-135-78941-X

1-283-88373-2

1-280-13855-6

0-203-98711-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies ; ; no. 88

Disciplina

338/.04/095

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - India

Entrepreneurship - Indonesia

Entrepreneurship - Malaysia

India Rural conditions

Indonesia Rural conditions

Malaysia Rural conditions



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; RURAL CAPITALISTS IN ASIA; NORDIC INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Background and aim of study; Data collection; Notes; Chapter 1 THE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; Indian entrepreneurs; Muslim industrialists; Overseas Chinese businessmen; The need for a comparative perspective; Notes; Chapter 2 RURAL INDUSTRIALISTS IN CENTRAL GUJARAT; Diversification of the rural economy; Business strategy and pattern of investment; Joint-family enterprises and business partnerships

Upward mobility and social distanceClass and caste; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3 OWNERS OF COMBINE-HARVESTERS IN THE MUDA AREA; Development of mechanized harvesting; Business expansion and economic diversification; Family enterprises and business networks; Regional mobility and local basis; Class and ethnicity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 IRON FOUNDERS IN CENTRAL JAVA; Iron casting in a rural environment; Industrial development and technological changes; Individual firms and economic co-operation; Social mobility and differentiation; Class and religion; Conclusion; Notes

Chapter 5 A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESouth and Southeast Asian entrepreneurs compared; 'Asian' assumptions about the early European industrialists; The early European industrialists; In search of a comparative framework; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comparative study of small capitalists and rural industrialists in three Asian countries. Studies on the entrepreneurial class in South Asia tend to focus on the structural aspects of entrepreneurial behaviour, while studies on this class in Southeast Asia tend to focus on cultural aspects of their behaviour. In fact, this book points to striking similarities between Indian, overseas Chinese and Muslim businessmen in Asia, similarities usually hidden under variations in analytical approaches. Although this study emphasizes similarities within Asia, it does not support the view of a s