The Barter Economy of the Khmer Rouge Labor Camps

Pribble investigates the barter economies that developed in many of the labor camps established under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. A fascinating study of the human consequences of imposing rigid ideology, that will be of particular interest to scholars and students of political history and Southeast Asian history.

Autorentext

Scott Pribble is a San Francisco-based historian, specializing in twentieth and twenty-first-century Cambodia.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Revolution and the Labor Camps 2. The Abolition of Currency and Its Ideological Roots 3. Origins of the Barter Economy 4. Substitute Currencies: Rice and Gold 5. Other Substitute Currencies 6. Perils and Punishments 7. Chinese Khmers in the Underground Economy 8. Khmer Women and the Barter Economy 9. Base People versus New People 10. Cadres, Watches, and Lighter Chains 11. Aftermath Conclusion