The Demise of a Rural Economy: From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village

by Stephen Gudeman

Overview

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 published in 1978.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415869287
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/2013
Series:	Routledge Library Editions. Anthropology and Ethnography. So
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

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