Rice and Industrialisation in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032124629 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 172 str.

A. J. H. Latham

Opis

This book is about the introduction of modern power-driven rice milling to the main rice exporting countries of Burma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand) and French Indo-China (Vietnam) from 1869.

Spis treści

1. The Westward Rice Trade 1870-1914  2. Companies in the Westward Rice Trade 1870-1914  3. Burma and the Asian Market 1919-1939  4. The Burma Rice Trade 1919-1939  5. The Traders  (i) J. B. Clark  (ii) Christopher Lorimer  (iii) George Luthke  6. Siam Rice Mills  7. French Indo-China Rice Mills  8. The Dutch East Indies  9. The Philippines  10. Hong Kong  11. Singapore and Penang  12. Conclusion

O autorze

A.J.H. Latham was Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in International Economic History at Swansea University and is now in active retirement.