British Firms and the Economy of Burma with Special Reference to the Rice and Teak Industries, 1917-1937
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- Author(s) Diokno, M S I
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 1983
- Pages
- Publisher School of Oriental & African Studies
- Place Published London
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- Burma
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Examines the economic bases and dimensions of the principal British firms in the modern colonial period and the resulting network of relations with indigenous sectors of the economy. Focuses on British owned rice milling and teak extraction and exporting firms which dominated the sectors. Touches on Rice Brokers' Association; London Rice Brokers' Association; Steel Brothers; Bombay Burmah Trading Corp, Bulloch Brothers; Anglo Burma Rice Co; Joseph Heap & Sons; Ellerman's Arracan Rice & Trading Co; Burma Oil Co; T D Finlay & Son; Macgregor & Co; Foucar Brothers; etc. Chapters include: Structure of the rice industry; Export of rice; Profits and prices in the rice trade; Colonial forest policy and structure of forest holdings; European leasees and the teak trade; etc