Peasants In Transition

The Changing Economy of the Peruvian Aymara:A General Systems Approach
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-29802-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

The peasant transition from a subsistence-agriculture economy to a money economy is one of the most significant and widespread phenomena of the twentieth century. For the world’s largest occupational group—comprising from one-half to two-thirds of the world’s population—this process constitutes a fundamental transformation in terms of economic and

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewellen, Ted

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- The Physical and Historical Setting -- A System in Transition -- Land, Population, and Positive Feedback -- Options and Strategies -- The Changing Social Structure -- New Functions for Old Religions -- The Adventist Elite -- Toward a New Stability -- Peasants in Transition: Toward a General Model -- Appendixes -- How the Data Was Collected and Analyzed -- The Questionnaire -- Statistical Abstract for Three Communities -- Income in Three Communities -- Land and Animal Possession, Soqa -- Population Distribution, Soqa

Über Autor(innen)

Ted Lewellen, assistant visiting professor of anthropology at Texas Tech University, received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.