Gambling with the Land surveys and analyzes systematically the production and trade of all major agricultural crops throughout Southeast Asian between 1960 and the late 2000s. After reviewing the specific economic, social and political role of agriculture in the eight major agricultural countries Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines since the end of the colonial period, the authors show how Southeast Asian agricultures have gradually satisfied local demand for food while catering increasingly to the world market for agricultural produce,...
Gambling with the Land surveys and analyzes systematically the production and trade of all major agricultural crops throughout Southeast Asian between...