TY - GEN T1 - The moral economy of the peasant : rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia A1 - Scott, James C. LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 1976 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn826657988 AB - "James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household -- subsistence -- at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling technical, social, and moral arrangements in peasant society, such as resistance to innovation, the desire to own land even at some cost in terms of income, relationships with other people, and relationships with institutions, including the state. Once the centrality of the subsistence problem is recognized, its effects on notions of economic and political justice can also be seen. Scott draws from the history of agrarian society in lower Burma and Vietnam to show how the transformations of the colonial era systematically violated the peasants' 'moral economy' and created a situation of potential rebellion and revolution. Demonstrating keen insights into the behavior of people in other cultures and a rare ability to generalize soundly from case studies, Scott offers a different perspective on peasant behavior that will be of interest particularly to political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and Southeast Asianists."--Publisher description OP - 246 CN - HD1513.A755 S36 1976eb SN - 9780300185553 SN - 0300185553 SN - 1283950235 SN - 9781283950237 SN - 0300018622 SN - 9780300018622 SN - 0300021909 SN - 9780300021905 KW - Peasants : Southeast Asia. KW - Paysannerie : Asie du Sud-Est. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : General. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Regional Studies. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : General. KW - Peasants KW - Southeast Asia KW - Landbevölkerung KW - Landwirtschaft KW - Soziologie KW - Südostasien KW - Boeren. ER -