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The Burma Delta : economic development and social change on an Asian rice frontier, 1852-1941 /
In the decades following its annexation to the Indian Empire in 1852, Lower Burma (the Irrawaddy-Sittang delta region) was transformed from an underdeveloped and sparsely populated backwater of the Konbaung Empire into the world's largest exporter of rice. This work focuses on two major aspects...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the decades following its annexation to the Indian Empire in 1852, Lower Burma (the Irrawaddy-Sittang delta region) was transformed from an underdeveloped and sparsely populated backwater of the Konbaung Empire into the world's largest exporter of rice. This work focuses on two major aspects of that transformation: the growth of the agrarian sector of the rice industry of Lower Burma and the history of the plural society that evolved largely in response to rapid economic expansion. --From publisher's description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 256 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299283537 0299283534 1283114313 9781283114318 9786613114310 6613114316 |