Turnell, Sean; Vicary, Alison - In: Australian Economic History Review 48 (2008) 1, pp. 1-25
In the history of Burma's economy, few groups have been as vilified as the Chettiars. A community of Indian moneylenders, the Chettiars were crucial agents in transforming Burma into the rice bowl of Asia. Following the global depression of the 1930s, Burmese agriculture became severely...
