Colonial green revolution? : food, irrigation and the state in colonial Malaya / John Overton.

Author
Overton, John (John D.) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International, ©1994.
Description
xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-235) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. An Irrigation Scheme in Malaya
    • 2. The Need for a Rice Policy
    • 3. The Colonial Rice Economy
    • 4. (Mis)Understanding the Peasantry
    • 5. Technology in Practice
    • 6. The Political Economy of Rice Policy
    • 7. Ideology and Irrigation
    • 8. Wider Perspectives.
    ISBN
    • 0851989128
    • 9780851989129
    LCCN
    95161597
    OCLC
    31518126
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