In this Book
- The Burma Delta: Economic Development and Social Change on an Asian Rice Frontier, 1852–1941
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies
summary
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 seminal and far-reaching 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.
Table of Contents
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- List of Maps
- pp. ix-x
- List of Tables
- pp. xi-xii
- Preface to the 2011 Edition
- pp. xiii-xx
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Introduction
- pp. 3-11
- I. The Foundations of Social and Economic Development
- II. The Early Phase of Growth, 1852-1907
- III. The Decades of Transition, 1908-30
- IV. The Years of Social and Economic Crises, 1931-41
- Conclusion
- pp. 209-226
- Bibliography
- pp. 235-252
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299283537
Related ISBN(s)
9780299283544
MARC Record
OCLC
726747547
Pages
282
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No