Author: Bray, Francesca
Title: The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, 1994. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xx,254 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Until approximately 1600 AD, certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe. This study examines patterns of technological and social evolution specific to East Asian rice economies in order to clarify general historical assumptions on economic development" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Asian Economic History, Rice Trade, Agriculture, Agricultural, Asia, Economy, Economics, ,