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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824330903321

Autore

Adas Michael <1943->

Titolo

The Burma Delta [[electronic resource] ] : economic development and social change on an Asian rice frontier, 1852-1941 / / Michael Adas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-11431-3

9786613114310

0-299-28353-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 256 p. : maps

Collana

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Disciplina

338.9591

Soggetti

Rice trade - Burma, Lower

Burma, Lower Economic conditions

Burma, Lower Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Citation of Selected Government Reports -- Introduction -- I. The Foundations of Social and Economic Development -- 1. The Delta Rice Frontier under Konbaung and Early British Rule -- II. The Early Phase of Growth, 1852-1907 -- 2. Internal Migration in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Agrarian Development on the Advancing Rice Frontier -- 4. Indian Immigration to Lower Burma in the First Phase of Development -- 5. The Genesis of the Plural Society in Lower Burma: The Era of Symbiosis -- III. The Decades of Transition, 1908-30 -- 6. The Closing Rice Frontier and New Patterns of Agrarian Development -- 7. Changing Migration Patterns and the Rise of Competition in the Mature Plural Society -- IV. The Years of Social and Economic Crises, 1931-41 -- 8. The Depression and Burma's Time of Troubles: Communal Violence and Agrarian Rebellion -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An award-winning study of the economic expansion of Lower Burma into the worldrsquo;s largest exporter of rice is available again, now in paperback with a new preface.