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The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies

By Francesca Bray

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520914933
DOI
10.1525/9780520914933
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21175999 bytes)
Edition
Reprint 2019
Pages
271\281
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 18:47:50

Description

The contrast in the rate of growth between Western and Eastern societies since 1800 has caused Asian societies to be characterized as backward and resistant to change, though until 1600 or so certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe. The Rice Economies, drawing on original source materials, examines patterns of technological and social evolution specific to East-Asian wet-rice economies in order to clarfiy some general historical trends in economic development.

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