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Autore |
Adas Michael <1943-> |
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Titolo |
The Burma Delta [[electronic resource] ] : economic development and social change on an Asian rice frontier, 1852-1941 / / Michael Adas |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-11431-3 |
9786613114310 |
0-299-28353-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rice trade - Burma, Lower |
Burma, Lower Economic conditions |
Burma, Lower Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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