LEADER 03831nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910816658103321 005 20240417052850.0 010 $a1-283-22670-7 010 $a9786613226709 010 $a0-7748-5776-5 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774857765 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000292 035 $a(OCoLC)243613721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10210511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278161 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10338694 035 $a(PQKB)10437980 035 $a(CaPaEBR)406934 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602822 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412453 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221825 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322670 035 $a(OCoLC)923444848 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/136fnx 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406934 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3253083 035 $a(DE-B1597)662196 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774857765 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000292 100 $a19831104d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe political economy of productivity $eThai agricultural development, 1880-1975 /$fDavid Feeny 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aVancouver :$cUniversity of British Columbia Press,$d1982. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) 225 1 $aAsian studies monographs ;$v3 300 $a"... an extensively revised version of a doctoral thesis submitted to the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison."--Prelim. 311 0 $a0-7748-0139-5 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Theory of Technical and Institutional Change -- $tEconomic Change in Thailand, 1880 to 1940 -- $tThe Technology of Rice Production, 1880-1940 -- $tInstitutional Change: Irrigation Policy -- $tFrom Property Rights in Man to Property Rights in Land -- $tTechnical and Institutional Change in Thai Agriculture, 1880 to 1940 -- $tPost-World War II Thai Agricultural Development -- $tEconomic Data -- $tA General Equilibrium Model with Two Goods and Three Factors -- $tExplanations of the Yield Decline in the Central Plain, 1920-21 to 1941 -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe economic history of Thailand between 1880 and 1975 contrasts sharply with the development experiences of other Third World countries. Between the opening of trade in 1850 and 1941, when war halted economic activity, Thailand became a major exporter of rice in the world market. Although conditions for further growth seemed highly favourable, Thailand's rapid integration into the world economy failed to improve living standards, and rice yields actually declined. In examining the causes of the underdevelopment of Thai agriculture over the last 100 years, Feeny introduces supply and demand models of technical and institutional change to analyse why the rice export boom did not result in more development. This book, much of which is based on primary research in the Thai National Archives, is one of the few quantitative economic histories of a less developed country. 410 0$aAsian studies monographs ;$v3. 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zThailand$xHistory 607 $aThailand$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 676 $a338.1/09593 700 $aFeeny$b David$f1948-$01668443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816658103321 996 $aThe political economy of productivity$94029055 997 $aUNINA