The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies
Bray, Francesca
ISBN 10: 0520086201 ISBN 13: 9780520086203
Published by University of California Press, 1994
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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.
About the Author: Francesca Bray is Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Agriculture, Volume VI, part 2 in Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China (1984).
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Title: The Rice Economies: Technology and ...
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good