The moral economy of the peasant : rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia /

"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...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Scott, James C. (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1976.
Online pristup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=523602
Sadržaj:
  • 1. The economics and sociology of the subsistence ethic
  • 2. Subsistence security in peasant choice and values
  • 3. The distribution of risk and colonial change
  • 4. The state as claimant
  • 5. The depression rebellions
  • 6. Implications for the analysis of exploitation : reciprocity and subsistence as justice
  • 7. Revolt, survival, and repression.