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Showing papers in "Journal of Contemporary Asia in 1986"


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Ben Kiernan1
TL;DR: In this article, a case of systematic social discrimination in Kampuchea's ethnic Chinese under pol-pot was discussed, where the ethnic Chinese were discriminated against by the pol-poop authorities.
Abstract: (1986). Kampuchea's ethnic Chinese under pol pot: A case of systematic social discrimination. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 18-29.

17 citations








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Jae-Hyeon Choe1
TL;DR: In this paper, the strategic groups of nationalism in Nineteenth-century Korea were investigated and the authors found that the majority of the groups were conservative and pro-Koreans.
Abstract: (1986). Strategic groups of nationalism in Nineteenth-century Korea. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 223-236.

4 citations



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TL;DR: In this article, health and welfare and the labour process: Reproduction and compliance in the electronics industry in Southeast Asia are discussed. But the authors focus on the software industry and do not address the other aspects of the labor process.
Abstract: (1986). Health and welfare and the labour process: Reproduction and compliance in the electronics industry in Southeast Asia. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 456-474.

4 citations


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TL;DR: In the making of Pakistan Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 16, No 4, pp 491-507 as mentioned in this paper, the authors have discussed the relationship between class and ideology in the creation of Pakistan.
Abstract: (1986) Marxism and the national question: Class and ideology in the making of Pakistan Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol 16, No 4, pp 491-507


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TL;DR: A famine has never arisen from any other cause but the violence of governments, attempting by improper means to remedy the inconveniences of dearth as discussed by the authors, which is not the case in the case of food scarcity.
Abstract: A famine has never arisen from any other cause but the violence of governments, attempting by improper means to remedy the inconveniences of dearth. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Bk, IV, Ch. 5.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the sugar industry in the Thai countryside: capital in the Thailand countryside: The sugar industry is discussed. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 3-17.
Abstract: (1986). Capital in the Thai countryside: The sugar industry. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 3-17.



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Kate Currie1
TL;DR: In this article, a materialist alternative to ecological reductionism is proposed for food scarcity in 19th century Indian history: a materialism alternative to the reductionism of food scarcity.
Abstract: (1986). Famines in 19th century Indian history: A materialist alternative to ecological reductionism. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 475-490.