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The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies
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Hardcover
from Blackwell Pub (September 1, 1986)
9780631148777 | details & prices | List price $39.95
About: The contrast in the rate of growth between Western and Eastern societies since 1800 has caused Asian societies to be characterized as backward and resistant to change, though until 1600 or so certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe.
About: The contrast in the rate of growth between Western and Eastern societies since 1800 has caused Asian societies to be characterized as backward and resistant to change, though until 1600 or so certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Univ of California Pr on Demand (April 1, 1994)
9780520086203 | details & prices | 254 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $30.95
Reprint edition from Blackwell Pub (August 1, 1989)
9780631169437 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: An examination of the patterns of technical and social evolution specific to East Asian wet-rice economies in order to clarify some general historical trends in economic development.
About: An examination of the patterns of technical and social evolution specific to East Asian wet-rice economies in order to clarify some general historical trends in economic development.