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The rice economies : technology and development in Asian societies
- Title
- The rice economies : technology and development in Asian societies / Francesca Bray.
- Author
- Bray, Francesca.
- Publication
- Oxford, OX UK ; New York, N.Y. : Blackwell, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD9066.A7 B73 1986 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Economic analysis of the historical development of rice cultivation systems, related agricultural technologys, and production relations in Asia - discusses the rice plant's potential, land utilization, agricultural mechanization, irrigation control, and choice of technology between skill-oriented and mechanical technologies; examines rice cultivation as a basis for economic development, planned agricultural development in rice economies, etc.; includes case studies of China and Japan. Graphs, illustrations, references, statistical tables.
- Subject
- Since 1945
- Rice trade > Asia
- Agriculture > Economic aspects > Asia
- Rice trade
- 83.66 agricultural economics
- Agriculture > Economic aspects
- Economic history
- Rice trade
- Geschichte
- Landwirtschaftsentwicklung
- Reisanbau
- Reishandel
- Reiswirtschaft
- Wirtschaft
- Rijstbouw
- Economische situatie
- history
- rice
- cultivation system
- agricultural technology
- production relations
- plant
- land utilization
- agricultural mechanization
- irrigation
- choice of technology
- economic development
- agricultural development
- case study
- statistical table
- Riz > Commerce > Asie
- Agriculture > Aspect économique > Asie
- histoire
- riz
- système de culture
- technologie agricole
- rapports de production
- plante
- utilisation des terres
- mécanisation agricole
- choix de technologie
- développement économique
- développement agricole
- étude de cas
- tableau statistique
- historia
- arroz
- sistema de cultivo
- tecnología agrícola
- relaciones de producción
- planta
- utilización de la tierra
- mecanización agrícola
- riego
- elección de tecnología
- desarrollo económico
- desarrollo agrícola
- estudio de casos
- cuadros estadísticos
- Asia > Economic conditions > 1945-
- Asia
- Asien
- Asia
- China
- Japan
- Asie > Conditions économiques
- Asie
- Chine
- Japon
- Japón
- Genre/Form
- economic analysis.
- graph.
- illustration.
- reference.
- analyse économique.
- graphique.
- référence bibliographique.
- análisis económico.
- gráfico.
- ilustración.
- referencia.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [228]-247.
- Contents
- Chinese dynasties -- Japanese eras -- Eurocentric models of historical change -- An alternative model -- The significance of a model of development for rice economies -- The rice-plant: diversity and intensification -- The origins of Asian rice -- Natural characteristics of rice -- Selection techniques -- Paths of technical development -- Building new fields -- Raising yields -- Labour productivity and the mechanisation question -- Water control -- Water control and institutions: the debate -- A technical classification of water control systems -- Gravity-fed irrigation networks -- Ponds, tanks and reservoirs -- Contour canals -- 'Creek' irrigation -- Pump irrigation schemes -- Patterns of growth and change -- Rice and the wider economy -- 'Skill-oriented' and 'mechanical' technologies -- The specificity of wet-rice agriculture -- Uniformity and systemic change -- Monoculture and markets -- Economic diversification -- Petty commodity production and rural industrialisation -- Development -- Labour and capital -- The historical experience: the predominance of labour and the 'Japanese model' -- Choice of technological inputs -- Capital investment -- Productivity of labour and capital -- Expertise and participation -- Peasant, landlord and state: changes in relations of production -- Conflict, cooperation and control -- Historical changes in relations of production -- 'Feudal' relations and frontier zones -- Smallholder economies: expansion and stagnation -- Egalitarianism or differentiation: the impact of capitalism.
- ISBN
- 0631148779
- 9780631148777
- 9780520914933
- 0520914937
- LCCN
- 85030819
- OCLC
- ocm13003974
- 13003974
- SCSB-649537
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library