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

by Stephen Gudeman and Gudeman

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415869285
• ISBN13: 9780415869287
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"