A colonial economy in crisis
Subtitle: Burma's rice delta and the world depression of the 1930s
By: Ian Brown.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ;; 28
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Rice trade -- Burma -- History; Rice trade -- Government policy -- Burma -- History; Financial crises -- Burma -- History; Peasantry -- Burma -- Political activity -- History; Burma -- Economic conditions
Description: "This book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations which had abandoned self-sufficiency in the nineteenth century to become single commodity producers, and which were supposedly very vulnerable to the commodity price collapse of the 1930s depression, did not in fact suffer as severely as has been supposed. It shows how the effects of the depression in the Burma rice delta were complicated, varying between regions, between different kinds of economic actors, and over time, and shows how the 'victims' of the depression were not passive, but worked imaginatively to mitigate their circumstances."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: finding the question; title: The long view: growth and weakness in Burma's rice economy; title: The course of the depression crisis; title: Credit contraction and foreclosure; title: Survival strategies and material circumstances; title: The economic foundations of rebellion; title: Epilogue: memory and perspective.