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Peasants and Peasant Societies: Selected Readings

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Harmondsworth Penguin Books Ltd 1971Description: 448 p. PB 18x11 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 305.563 SHAP
Summary: This volume of readings looks at five aspects of the subject; first, the units of peasant social organization - family, farm, village community etc.; second, the typical forms of production and exchange; third, the peasantry as a class; fourth, peasant cultural patterns including customs, religions and aesthetics; and finally, some of the prevailing attitudes towards peasant societies, and the shape of government policies"
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This volume of readings looks at five aspects of the subject; first, the units of peasant social organization - family, farm, village community etc.; second, the typical forms of production and exchange; third, the peasantry as a class; fourth, peasant cultural patterns including customs, religions and aesthetics; and finally, some of the prevailing attitudes towards peasant societies, and the shape of government policies"

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