The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies by Francesca Bray

The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies

Francesca Bray

271 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 advanc...

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