The 1919 and 1935 rice crises in the Philippines the rice market and starvation in American colonial times

This article analyzes starvation as a part of poverty in the Philippines under American control, particularly during the period of the 1920s to the 1930s. It looks into how the starvation was brought about by the rice crises that happened in 1919 and 1935. Rather than discussing poverty from standpo...

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Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 58, no. 4 (2010), 523-556
Main Author: Chiba, Yoshihiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
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