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Peasants in the modern world.

Title
Peasants in the modern world. Edited by Philip K. Bock.
Author
Bock, Philip K.
Publication
Albuquerque] University of New Mexico Press [1969]

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Description
173 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
A collection of eight essays. 1) "Agrarian vs. Land Reform," Charles Erasmus: "difference between mere land redistribution and true agrarian reform... tour of the Bolivian, Mexican, and Venezuelan land reform efforts contrasting one with another." 2) "Obstacles to Development in Peasant Societies," Robert Birrell: "landlords impact on agrarian development. 3) "As Healthy as a Peasant," David Burlson: "population explosion in developing nations and foreseeable effects." 4) "Peasants and Purchasers," Mary W. Helms: "creates a new category of peasant." 5) "Balkan Peasant: the View from Serbia," Eugene Hammel: "family structure and eight centuries of ethnohistory." 6) "Cultural Traditions in Developing Cultures," Alex Weingrod: "examples from India, Israel, and Sardinia of distinctions in terminology for country and urban dwellers." 7) "The Role of Courts in Rural Mexico," Evan and Robert Hunt: "interface institution... mediating between local and national authorities." 8) "Peasant Culture and Urbanization: Mexican Americans in the Southwest: "general background study of salient values and institutions of Mexican Americans." [Review].
Series Statement
New Mexico paperbacks.
Uniform Title
New Mexico paperbacks.
Subject
  • Peasants
  • peasantry
  • peasants
  • Boeren
  • Sociaal-economische verandering
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 159-173.
Contents
Agrarian vs Land Reform: Three Latin-American Countries / Charles J. Erasmus -- Obstacles to Development in Peasant Societies: An Analysis of India, England, and Japan / Robert Birrell -- As Healthy as a Peasant / David Burleson -- Peasants and Purchasers: Preliminary Thoughts on a Differentiation of Intermediate Societies / Mary W. Helms -- The "Balkan" Peasant: A View from Serbia / E.A. Hammel -- Cultural Traditions in Developing Societies: Great, Little, and Mass / Alex Weingrod -- The Role of Courts in Rural Mexico / Eva Hunt and Robert Hunt -- Peasant Culture and Urbanization: Mexican Americans in the Southwest / Edward P. Dozier.
LCCN
68056227
OCLC
  • ocm00002608
  • 2608
  • SCSB-201708
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library