Peasant Intellectuals: Anthropology and History in Tanzania

by Steven Feierman and Dashka Slater

Scholars who study peasant society now realize that peasants are not passive, but quite capable of acting in their own interests. But, do coherent political ideas emerge within peasant society or do peasants act in a world where elites define political issues? Peasant Intellectuals is based on ethnographic research begun in 1966 and includes interviews with hundreds of people from all levels of Tanzanian society. Steven Feierman provides the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299125246
• ISBN13: 9780299125240
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"