Revisiting the rice deltas and reconsidering modern Southeast Asia's economic history
The rise of the three great rice-producing and -exporting deltas of mainland Southeast Asia numbers among the most familiar chapters in the modern history of the region. On a macro level, it exemplifies the integration of the region into the North Atlantic-centered world economy during the age of hi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022463409000204 2024-03-03T08:47:06+00:00 Revisiting the rice deltas and reconsidering modern Southeast Asia's economic history Montesano, Michael J. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022463409000204 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022463409000204 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Southeast Asian Studies volume 40, issue 2, page 417-429 ISSN 0022-4634 1474-0680 Sociology and Political Science History Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022463409000204 2024-02-08T08:49:17Z The rise of the three great rice-producing and -exporting deltas of mainland Southeast Asia numbers among the most familiar chapters in the modern history of the region. On a macro level, it exemplifies the integration of the region into the North Atlantic-centered world economy during the age of high imperialism and the consequent shock of the depression of the 1930s. On a micro level, that rise has offered historians an opportunity to examine the responses of Southeast Asian cultivators to market signals; the variation in the allocation of factors of production across the Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya and Mekong deltas; and the implications of those responses and that allocation for reactions to the shock of the inter-war crisis. The principal features of the history of the mainland rice economies between 1850 and the 1930s have indeed grown so familiar as to make that history seem like yesterday's topic. Occasional attempts to propose significant revision to the story have had little impact. And the need for a major monograph on the economic history of the Mekong delta during the French colonial period remains unmet. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 40 2 417 429 |
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The rise of the three great rice-producing and -exporting deltas of mainland Southeast Asia numbers among the most familiar chapters in the modern history of the region. On a macro level, it exemplifies the integration of the region into the North Atlantic-centered world economy during the age of high imperialism and the consequent shock of the depression of the 1930s. On a micro level, that rise has offered historians an opportunity to examine the responses of Southeast Asian cultivators to market signals; the variation in the allocation of factors of production across the Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya and Mekong deltas; and the implications of those responses and that allocation for reactions to the shock of the inter-war crisis. The principal features of the history of the mainland rice economies between 1850 and the 1930s have indeed grown so familiar as to make that history seem like yesterday's topic. Occasional attempts to propose significant revision to the story have had little impact. And the need for a major monograph on the economic history of the Mekong delta during the French colonial period remains unmet. |
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Revisiting the rice deltas and reconsidering modern Southeast Asia's economic history |
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