The Burma Delta : Economic Development and Social Change on an Asian Rice Frontier, 1852–1941

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Contents List of Maps List of Tables Preface to the 2011 Edition Acknowledgments Citation of Selected Government Reports Introduction I. The Foundations of Social and Economic Development 1. The Delta Rice Frontier under Konbaung and Early British Rule II. The Early Phase of Growth, 1852-1907 2. Internal Migration in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century 3. Agrarian Development on the Advancing Rice Frontier 4. Indian Immigration to Lower Burma in the First Phase of Development 5. The Genesis of the Plural Society in Lower Burma: The Era of Symbiosis III. The Decades of Transition, 1908-30 6. The Closing Rice Frontier and New Patterns of Agrarian Development 7. Changing Migration Patterns and the Rise of Competition in the Mature Plural Society IV. The Years of Social and Economic Crises, 1931-41 8. The Depression and Burma's Time of Troubles: Communal Violence and Agrarian Rebellion Conclusion Glossary Appendix Bibliography Index