The Imperfect Peasant Economy
The Imperfect Peasant Economy
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USDThis book shows how a rural household economy of small-holders in one of the least isolated areas of France, the Loire Country, managed to survive the challenges of the nineteenth century. Rather than taking the view that this system was an anachronism doomed to disappear, the author recognises its large adaptive capacity during times of stress. This leads to a critical assessment of the notions of 'industrialisation' and 'modernisation' that will interest economists, anthropologists and social scientists, as well as historians.
Product details
March 2005Paperback
9780521526906
368 pages
228 × 150 × 22 mm
0.548kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Aims and scope
- 2. The Loire Country: the land and its settlements
- 3. 'The theory of peasant economy'
- Part II. Space:
- 4. Relative space: town and country
- 5. The connectors
- 6. The rural economy in toto
- Part II. Time:
- 7. Peasant family and peasant population
- 8. Peasant properties
- 9. Crisis and stability: the rural economy through time
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
