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The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming
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The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming

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.
Undertitel
Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia
ISBN
9780333562871
Språk
Engelska
Vikt
446 gram
Utgivningsdatum
1993-08-03
Sidor
309