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The demise of a rural economy : from subsistence to capitalism in a Latin American village /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustration; 1. Anthropological economics and a small village; 2. An economy evolves; Great expectations; Relapse and resurgence of the Isthmus; New forces in the interior; Population and transportation; Land; Resource depletion; 3. Household production: subsistence and surplus; Production for use; The organization of production; A subsistence ideology; Subsistence and surplus: theory; Subsistence and surplus: production facts.
- Surplus, savings and the relations between production units4. The production process; Basic subsistence agriculture; Tools; The agricultural cycle; Alternatives and decisions; Profit, value and surplus: the functioning of the system; Auxiliary subsistence agriculture; Other productive activities; 5. Organizing a labour force; Production requirements; Units of labour measurement; The 'junta'; The 'peonada'; Earned peons; Hired peons; Contract labour; The forms compared; Desuetude and disarray of the forms; 6. The seeds of a transformation; Producing sugar cane; Labour in the cane.
- The sugar-cane millsTransportation of the sugar cane; The acceptance of sugar cane; Sugar-cane value and profit; The command of finance; 7. Horizons and reflections; Epilogue: continuities and changes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.