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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rice Economies; Technology and Development in Asian Societies
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520086201
• ISBN 13: 9780520086203
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

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).