The Burma Delta: Economic Development and Social Change on an Asian Rice Frontier, 1852-1941
By Michael Adas | Paperback
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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.
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| Series | New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 276 |
| Dimensions | 241mm x 165mm x 20mm |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Release Date | 15 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780299283544 |
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