1st Edition
The Demise of a Rural Economy From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village
By Stephen Gudeman
Copyright 1978
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the work shows the ways in which an economy is socially and historically determined. Subsistence is shown to be not only a form of agriculture but a determinant economic organisation and particular attention is paid to the problem of understanding patterns of distribution and the constitution of the surplus in the peasant economy. First... Read more
1. Anthropological economics and a small village 2. An economy evolves 3. Household production: subsistence and surplus 4. The production process 5. Organizing a labour force 6. The seeds of a transformation 7. Horizons and reflections
Biography
Stephen Gudeman
