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Thailand, a rice-growing society

Title
Thailand, a rice-growing society / edited by Yoneo Ishii ; translated by Peter and Stephanie Hawkes.
Publication
Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, ©1978.

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Additional Authors
Ishii, Yoneo, 1929-2010.
Description
vii, 340 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
Monographic compilation of articles on the agricultural development and agricultural production of rice in Thailand - gives historical background on the introduction of rice, cultivation techniques and cultivation technique, studies land reclamation, social structure, political system and environmental factors, and discusses future trends with regard to irrigation, drainage, technology, export promotion, etc. Graphs, photographs, maps, references and statistical tables.
Series Statement
Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian studies, Kyoto University ; 12
Uniform Title
Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University ; 12.
Subject
  • Rice > Thailand
  • Agricultural geography > Thailand
  • Agriculture and state > Thailand
  • Agricultural geography
  • Agriculture and state
  • Rice
  • Rural conditions
  • Landwirtschaft
  • Wirtschaftsgeografie
  • Rijstbouw
  • Landhervormingen
  • Sociale situatie
  • agricultural development
  • agricultural production
  • rice
  • history
  • cultivation technique
  • land reclamation
  • social structure
  • political system
  • environment
  • trend
  • irrigation
  • drainage
  • technology
  • export promotion
  • statistical table
  • développement agricole
  • production agricole
  • riz
  • histoire
  • technique de culture
  • mise en valeur des terres
  • structure sociale
  • régime politique
  • environnement
  • tendance
  • technologie
  • promotion des exportations
  • tableau statistique
  • desarrollo agrícola
  • producción agrícola
  • arroz
  • historia
  • técnica de cultivo
  • recuperación de tierras
  • estructura social
  • régimen político
  • medio ambiente
  • tendencia
  • riego
  • avenamiento
  • tecnología
  • promoción de exportaciones
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Thailand > Rural conditions
  • Thailand
  • Thailand
  • Thaïlande > Géographie rurale
  • Thaïlande
  • Tailandia
Genre/Form
  • graph.
  • map.
  • photograph.
  • reference.
  • carte géographique.
  • graphique.
  • photographie.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • fotografía.
  • gráfico.
  • mapa.
  • referencia.
Note
  • Rev. translation of Tai-koku, published in 1975.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The development of rice cultivation -- History and rice-growing -- Land reclamation in the Chao Phraya Delta -- The social organization of rice-growing villages -- Political structure of a "rice-growing state" -- Climate and rice-growing -- Landform and rice-growing -- The soil and rice-growing -- Irrigation and drainage: present and future -- Paddy production technology: present and future -- Rice exports and the expansion of cultivation.
ISBN
  • 0824806255
  • 9780824806255
  • 0824806263
  • 9780824806262
LCCN
78003839
OCLC
  • ocm03729876
  • 3729876
  • SCSB-112702
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library