The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia

A Social and Economic History of Peasant Livelihood, 1800-1990s
1997
ISBN: 978-0-333-55294-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 335 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia

This book analyses the changing context and conditions of production and livelihood amongst Southeast Asia's peasants since the beginning of the nineteenth century. It argues that with demographic growth and the nineteenth century development of great global markets based on small-scale production, the size and economic significance of peasantries throughout the region was magnified. However, such changes brought with them new forces - stronger states, more regular legal systems, a revolution in communications, intensive commercialisation - which themselves worked to undermine the foundations of peasant society and, eventually, to transform peasants into farmers, workers and citizens.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elson, R. E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - An Embryonic Peasantry - The Context of Change - The Changing Varieties of Peasant Production - Land and Landholding - A Revolution in Labour - Credit and Commerce - Power and Prosperity - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index