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Peasants and Peasant Societies (Penguin Modern Sociology Readings series)

Author(s):

Shanin, Teodor (editor)

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Softcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

–

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Penguin Books

Publication Year:

1971

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

9780140801705

Book ID:

036212

Catalogue(s):

Culture and Society ◇ History – General

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Mass marked paperback. 448pp, in laminated light card covers. 12mo. Covers show a little wear at edges and are mildly discoloured, slightly sunned over the spine. A little page toning internally, with the first leaf having a short corner crease else clean, neat and tight.

A selection of essays and key documents regarding peasants and peasants societies around the world, divided into five thematic sections – The Social Structure of Peasantry; The Peasantry as an Economy; The Peasantry as a Class; the Peasantry as a Culture and The Peasantry as an Object of Policies of the Modern States, with examples drawn from around the world. Specific essays include The Barbarians by Maxim Gorky; Geroid Robinson on Crafts an Trades Among the Russian Peasantry; Rene Dumont on Agriculture as Man’s Transformation of the Rural Environment and Harvey Franklin on The Worker Peasant in Europe (and many more).

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