The political economy of mountain Java : an interpretive history /

This portrait of a changing peasantry is also a general inquiry into the nature of status, class, and community in the developing world. Robert Hefner presents an analysis designed to bridge the gap between village studies and social history. He describes the forces that have shaped upland politics...

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Huvudupphovsman: Hefner, Robert W., 1952-
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1990.
Länkar:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5973188
Innehållsförteckning:
  • East and Central Java
  • The Tengger Highlands
  • Introduction: mountain Java in history and social theory
  • Politics and community in premodern history
  • Agricultural history: intensification and degradation
  • The green revolution in mountain agriculture
  • Relations in production: social change in land and labor
  • Consumption communities
  • Politics and social identity: the 1965-66 violence and its aftermath
  • Conclusion: economy and moral community
  • A note on history and ethnographic method.