The rice economies : technology and development in Asian societies /

Wide-ranging both historically and geographically, The Rice Economies brilliantly addresses a subject of abiding interest to anthropologists, economists, and historians as well as those concerned with development issues and Asian studies. It is the first work to formulate a logical, historical dynam...

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Auteur principal: Bray, Francesca (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press 1994
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711588
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Résumé:Wide-ranging both historically and geographically, The Rice Economies brilliantly addresses a subject of abiding interest to anthropologists, economists, and historians as well as those concerned with development issues and Asian studies. It is the first work to formulate a logical, historical dynamic of development in Asia's rice economies up to the present day. The comparison of mechanized Western farming methods with the more labor intensive, less environmentally destructive Asian methods is of value to environmentalists and economists concerned with the need for sustainable development. In a new preface, the author reflects upon the increasing relevance of the concerns of the book to international environmental issues
Description:Originally published: Oxford; New York : Blackwell, 1986. With a new preface
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xx, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and index
ISBN:9780520914933
0520914937
9780585036090
0585036098
0520086201