03113nam 2200649 a 450 991096781210332120240418054124.097866131143109781283114318128311431397802992835370299283534(CKB)2670000000089938(SSID)ssj0000534712(PQKBManifestationID)11353392(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534712(PQKBWorkID)10518577(PQKB)11614848(OCoLC)726747547(MdBmJHUP)muse12368(Au-PeEL)EBL3445157(CaPaEBR)ebr10470400(CaONFJC)MIL311431(MiAaPQ)EBC3445157(Perlego)4510078(EXLCZ)99267000000008993820110105d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Burma Delta economic development and social change on an Asian rice frontier, 1852-1941 /Michael Adas1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press2011xxiii, 256 p. mapsNew perspectives in Southeast Asian studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299283544 0299283542 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.Rice tradeBurma, LowerBurma, LowerEconomic conditionsBurma, LowerSocial conditionsRice trade338.9591Adas Michael1943-242682MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967812103321The Burma Delta4367337UNINA