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The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia: A Social and Economic History of Peasant Livelihood, 1800-1990s

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The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia: A Social and Economic History of Peasant Livelihood, 1800-1990s - Elson, R.E.
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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 ...

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The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia: A Social and Economic History of Peasant Livelihood, 1800-1990s 1997, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

ISBN-13: 9780333552940

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