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Famine in a land of plenty : Plight of a rice-growing community in Java, 1883–84

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This paper is an effort to examine the dynamics of a major famine in the private domains of Indramayu and Kandanghaur in 1883–84, which was reportedly a result of drought, but a closer look at the evidence, including a unique survey of peasant families engulfed in the famine, reveals a rather complex situation. The local peasantry confined to a narrow subsistence economy found its food supply being seriously undermined by the landlords' efforts to extract more and more rice for sale at a time when Java was being closely drawn into the world market.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press., 2010

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English

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00224634

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Vol. 41, Number 2, June 2010, pp 291-320

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Famine in a land of plenty
Java

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