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The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming. Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia.
Dick, Howard; Sullivan, Michael; Butcher, John
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Paperback. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCZ; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of revenue farming, traces the changing fortunes of the Chinese businessmen who held the major farms, and uses the study of revenue farming to examine the emergence of the modern state in Southeast Asia.
Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of revenue farming, traces the changing fortunes of the Chinese businessmen who held the major farms, and uses the study of revenue farming to examine the emergence of the modern state in Southeast Asia.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349228799
SKU
V9781349228799
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