The Demise of a Rural Economy : From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village

Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the work shows the ways in which an economy is socially and historically determined. Subsistence is shown to be not only a form of agriculture but a determinant economic organisation and particular attention is paid to the problem of understanding patterns of distribution and the constitution of the surplus in the peasant economy. First published in 1978

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Gudeman, Stephen
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Lateinamerika \| Latin America \| Ländliche Wirtschaft \| Rural economy \| Subsistenzwirtschaft \| Subsistence economy \| Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Ländliche Entwicklung \| Rural development

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (289 p)
Series:	Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South America ; I
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustration; 1. Anthropological economics and a small village; 2. An economy evolves; Great expectations; Relapse and resurgence of the Isthmus; New forces in the interior; Population and transportation; Land; Resource depletion; 3. Household production: subsistence and surplus; Production for use; The organization of production; A subsistence ideology; Subsistence and surplus: theory; Subsistence and surplus: production facts Surplus, savings and the relations between production units4. The production process; Basic subsistence agriculture; Tools; The agricultural cycle; Alternatives and decisions; Profit, value and surplus: the functioning of the system; Auxiliary subsistence agriculture; Other productive activities; 5. Organizing a labour force; Production requirements; Units of labour measurement; The 'junta'; The 'peonada'; Earned peons; Hired peons; Contract labour; The forms compared; Desuetude and disarray of the forms; 6. The seeds of a transformation; Producing sugar cane; Labour in the cane The sugar-cane millsTransportation of the sugar cane; The acceptance of sugar cane; Sugar-cane value and profit; The command of finance; 7. Horizons and reflections; Epilogue: continuities and changes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
ISBN:	978-0-415-86928-7 ; 978-1-136-54389-0 ; 978-0-415-33042-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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