People and Pixels
People and Pixels

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-05-21

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0309174368

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Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibilities for using remote sensing technology to improve understanding of social processes and human-environment interactions. Examples include deforestation and regrowth in Brazil, population-environment interactions in Thailand, ancient and modern rural development in Guatemala, and urbanization in the United States, as well as early warnings of famine and disease outbreaks. The book also provides information on current sources of remotely sensed data and metadata and discusses what is involved in establishing effective collaborative efforts between scientists working with remote sensing technology and those working on social and environmental issues.

Agricultural Change and Peasant Choice in a Thai Village
Agricultural Change and Peasant Choice in a Thai Village

Author: Michael Moerman

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0520330552

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

The Malay World of Southeast Asia
The Malay World of Southeast Asia

Author: Patricia Lim Pui Huen

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 9971988364

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Over 5,000 entries arranged in four parts. Part I comprises reference and general works to provide a guide to information on Southeast Asia. Part II provides the setting of space and time. Part III features the people and Part IV the many facets of culture and society — language; ideas, beliefs, values; institutions; creative expression; and social and cultural change. Within each section, the arrangement is geographical, beginning with Southeast Asia as a whole followed by the various countries in alphabetical order.

The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia
The End of the Peasantry in Southeast Asia

Author: R.E. Elson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-13

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1349254576

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This book analyses the changing context and conditions of production and livelihood amongst Southeast Asia's peasants since the beginning of the nineteenth century. It argues that with demographic growth and the nineteenth century development of great global markets based on small-scale production, the size and economic significance of peasantries throughout the region was magnified. However, such changes brought with them new forces - stronger states, more regular legal systems, a revolution in communications, intensive commercialisation - which themselves worked to undermine the foundations of peasant society and, eventually, to transform peasants into farmers, workers and citizens.