Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction ; 2. Setting ; 3. Past ; 4. Time ; 5. Family ; 6. Work ; 7. Space ; 8. Migration ; 9. Epilogue: Future ; Note on Demographic Sources; Note on Participatory Interviews; Appendix A: What Is a Peasant? -- Appendix B: Monthly Distribution of Deaths by Age Group; Appendix C: Age at First Marriage by Age Cohort by Decade; Appendix D: Classification of Occupations; Notes; Index