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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London :
University of California Press
1994
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711588 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Oxford; New York : Blackwell, 1986. With a new preface |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780520914933 0520914937 9780585036090 0585036098 0520086201 |