Journal article
The Decline of Property Rights in Man in Thailand, 1800–1913
Abstract
Like many land-abundant, labor-scarce economies, Thailand had a well-developed system of property rights in man. Over the nineteenth century corvée and slavery were abolished and replaced by military conscription, a head tax, and more precise property rights in land. Concomitant trends included extensive commercialization, the growth of international trade, imperialist threats to Thai sovereignty, and the growth of a centralized unitary state. …
Authors
Feeny D
Journal
The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 285–296
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
June 1989
DOI
10.1017/s0022050700007932
ISSN
0022-0507