Rice and Industrialisation in Asia (Routledge S, Latham..

Taylor & Francis

Rice and Industrialisation in AsiaAuthor(s): A.J.H. Latham\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032124629, 978-1032124629\nSynopsis\nThis 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. \n\nRich 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 .