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Author:   Teruko Saito
Publisher:   Trans Pacific Press
Imprint:   Trans Pacific Press
ISBN:  

9781920850401

ISBN 10:   1920850406
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   31 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: thet-kayits as important historical documents I. Money-lending Contracts and Their Background Chapter 1: Climate, Demographic Changes, and Foreign Wars Chapter 2: The Konbaung Era in Burmese Monetary History II. Humans as Collateral for Debt Chapter 3: Human-mortgage Contracts in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter 4: Human-mortgage Contracts in the Salin Region III. Land as Collateral for Debt Chapter 5: Land-mortgage Contracts in Byangya Village Chapter 6: Land-mortgage Contracts in the Central Plains IV. How to Characterize Early Modern Burma? Chapter 7: Early Modern Burma as a Contractual Society Chapter 8: Mediation of Disputes over Pledged Land Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Teruko Saito is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her specialty is Burmese socioeconomic history.

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