This book is about the introduction of modern power-driven rice
milling to the main rice exporting countries of Burma (Myanmar),
Siam (Thailand) and French Indo-China (Vietnam) from 1869. Rich in
historical and empirical sources, the book draws extensively from
the London Rice Brokers’ Association Circular archives, published
monthly from 1869 to 2014, as well as numerical data gathered from
historic trade and custom reports. It outlines how rice had been
exported in the husk to be milled in Britain prior to 1869, after
which mills were transferred to Asia and the rice shipped back
having been milled. Rice processed in Asia is explained not only as
a major saving in transport costs, but the marker of a crucial step
in the industrialisation of Asia – namely through the
introduction of modern mechanised value adding rice mills powered
by steam engines. This is a reversal of the concept that the
development of modern technology de-industrialised Asia, turning it
into a supplier of raw materials. Later chapters address the
inter-war years, when Chinese companies in particular took over the
operation of mills and developed an Asia-wide market for rice
milled in the great milling centers of Rangoon (Yangon), Bangkok
and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). Rice and Industrialisation in Asia will
prove a valuable resource to students and scholars of economic
history, postcolonial studies, and Asian studies more broadly.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
A.J.H. Latham
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-212487-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-212487-3 |
Barcode: |
9781032124872 |
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