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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adas, Michael, 1943-

Series:

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice trade--Burma, Lower.

Rice trade.

Burma, Lower--Economic conditions.

Burma, Lower.

Burma, Lower--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 256 p. : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613114310

9781283114318

1283114313

9780299283537

0299283534

OCLC:

726747547