Wide-ranging both historically and geographically, The Rice Economies brilliantly addresses a subject of abiding interest to anthropologists, economists, and historians as well as those concerned with development issues and Asian studies. It is the first work to formulate a logi…
Rice: global networks and new histories
"Global Networks and New Histories Rice today is food to half the world's population. Its history is inextricably entangled with the emergence of colonialism, the global networks of industrial capitalism, and the modern world economy. The history of rice is currently a vital and…
Economic analysis, rice, food, agricultural sector, Asia - cultivation system, production, consumption, labour utilization, productivity, technological change, marketing, trade, research and development, production increase, price policy. Bibliography, graphs, statistical table.