Acknowledgements; preface; chapter one -- introduction; chapter two -- 'depeasantisation'; chapter three -- articulation of modes of production; chapter four -- hegemony and the peasantry; chapter five -- conclusion; postscript; bibliography; notes
Summary
In large parts of the developing world, peasant to industrial worker and rural to urban transition is a huge question mark on the face of the political economies of these societies. In India alone, nearly seventy percent of its 1.2 billion population lives in rural areas dependent on agriculture and allied activities. Though the context is different, the magnitude of the transition is similar in present day China. In many parts of Latin America and Africa, this transition is incomplete. Rural ..
