The rice industry of Burma 1852-1940

The rice industry of Burma, 1852-1940 -- Foreword -- Contents -- Tables -- Graphs -- Statistical Appendices -- Preface -- Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Paddy Production -- Chapter III: Assembling the Paddy Crop -- Chapter IV: Mills and Mill Products -- Chapter V: Burmese and Indian Labour -- Chapter VI: Land Tenure Problems -- Chapter VII: Agricultural Credit -- Chapter VII: Markets for Burma Rice -- Chapter IX: Conclusion -- Statistical Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

This study forms a welcome addition to the growing number of works on the economic history of Southeast Asia. In his Foreword, Dr John F. Cady, the author of A History of Modern Burma, writes that Dr Cheng ""has placed all students of Burma in her debt by this highly articulate and clarifying contribution to the country's economic history