| Description |
448 pages ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Penguin education, X 170 |
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Penguin modern sociology readings |
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Penguin modern sociology readings.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. The social structure of peasantry -- Pt. 2. The peasantry as an economy -- Pt. 3. The peasantry as a class -- Pt. 4. The peasantry as a culture -- Pt. 5. 'Them' -- the peasantry as an object of policies of the modern state |
| Summary |
"This volume of readings looks at five aspects of the subject; first, the units of peasant social organization - family, farm, village community etc.; second, the typical forms of production and exchange; third, the peasantry as a class; fourth, peasant cultural patterns including customs, religions and aesthetics; and finally, some of the prevailing attitudes towards peasant societies, and the shape of government policies"--Back cover |
| Analysis |
Peasants |
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Peasants Readings |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 423-427 |
| Subject |
Peasants.
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Sociology, Rural.
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| Author |
Shanin, Teodor.
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| LC no. |
76028645 |
| ISBN |
0140801707 |
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