Part 1 Bang Chan and the cultivation of rice: Southeast Asia and Bang Chan ; Rice as plant, crop, history, and world outlook ; Ecosystems of rice in nature ; Energy requirements of society for rice cultivation -- Part 2 Adaptations to a changing environment: years of shifting cultivation, 1850-1890 ; Years of broadcasting, 1890-1935 ; Years of transplanting, 1935-1970 ; Bang Chan in the 1970s

1. Agricultural ecology -- Southeast Asia
2. Agriculture -- Southeast Asia
3. Rice