Latin American Peasants by Tom Brass
A unique approach with little in the way of competiton
Encompasses political, geographical and sociological viewpoints
Examines the contrast between theoretical approaches and practical implications.
Latin American Peasants
Summary
The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America.
Latin American Peasants Summary
About Tom Brass
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Table of Contents
Latin American peasants - new paradigms for old?, Tom Brass; the peasantry and the state in Latin America - a troubled past, an uncertain future, James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer; from rubber estate to simple commodity production - agrarian stuggles in the Northern Bolivian Amazon, Willem Assies; the impact of neo-liberal economics on Peruvian peasant agriculture in the 1990s, John Crabtree; whither O Campesinato? historical peasantries of Brazilian Amazonia, Stephen Nugent; from dependency to reform and back again - the Chilean peasantry during the twentieth century, Warwick E. Murray; globalization and the reinvention of Andean tradition - the politics of community and ethnicity in highland Bolivia, John McNeish; devil pact narratives in rural Central America - class, gender and resistance, Kees Jansen and Esther Roquas; representing the peasantry? struggles for/about land in Brazil, Jose de Souza Martins; on which side of what barricade? subaltern resistance in Latin America and elsewhere, Tom Brass.
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NLS9780714683195
9780714683195
0714683191
Latin American Peasants by Tom Brass
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-01-15
432
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