| Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) |
| Contents |
I. Introduction; II. Paddy Production; III. Assembling the Paddy Crop; IV. Mills and Mill Products; V. Burmese and Indian Labour; VI. Land Tenure Problems; VII. Agricultural Credit; VIII. Markets for Burma Rice; IX. Conclusion; Statistical Appendices; Bibliography; index |
| Summary |
This study forms a welcome addition to the growing number of works on the economic history of Southeast Asia. In his Foreword, Dr John F. Cady, the author of A History of Modern Burma, writes that Dr Cheng ""has placed all students of Burma in her debt by this highly articulate and clarifying contribution to the country's economic history"" |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rice trade -- Burma -- History
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Rice -- Burma -- History
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Rice.
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Rice trade.
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Burma.
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Birma.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814414104 |
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9814414107 |
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