Money-lending Contracts in Konbaung Burma: Another interpretation of an early modern society in Southeast Asia

Various contractual deeds were exchanged between people in Burmese dynastic society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries....
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Author: Teruko Saito
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Language: English
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Money-lending Contracts in Konbaung Burma: Another interpretation of an early modern society in Southeast Asia by Saito, Teruko

Money-lending Contracts in Konbaung Burma: Another interpretation of an early modern society in Southeast Asia

$593.68

Money-lending Contracts in Konbaung Burma: Another interpretation of an early modern society in Southeast Asia

$593.68
Author: Teruko Saito
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Various contractual deeds were exchanged between people in Burmese dynastic society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These deeds, known as thet-kayits, especially debt deeds, are valuable documents that show the socioeconomic conditions of the time. Through the reading of more than 3,000 local historical documents, the author vividly reflects specific ups and downs of the lives of ordinary people in early modern Burma, including disputes over debts and the flexible civil court system for adjudicating them, and the wisdom of life. Using Burma as a case study, this book is an attempt to empirically demonstrate the possibilities of research on early modern Southeast Asia based on documentary sources unique to the region, which until now have been largely unexplored. A new image of Burma's early modern period emerges here, overturning the conventional view of history that assumes a two-tier society of 'absolute monarchs' versus 'people without rights'.

Author: Teruko Saito
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 07/01/2024
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781920850418

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


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