Livelihood and Resistance
Peasants and the Politics of Land in Peru
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2023
293 pages
978-0-520-91202-1 (ISBN)
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Livelihood and Resistance examines a Peruvian highland community where rural resistance has been endemic for over a century. Gavin Smith explores the way in which the villagers' daily economic interests and their political struggles contribute to their social and political identity.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Livelihood and Resistance examines a Peruvian highland community where rural resistance has been endemic for over a century. Gavin Smith explores the way in which the villagers' daily economic interests and their political struggles contribute to t
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Livelihood and Resistance examines a Peruvian highland community where rural resistance has been endemic for over a century. Gavin Smith explores the way in which the villagers' daily economic interests and their political struggles contribute to t
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Gavin Smith is Professor of Anthropology at University College, University of Toronto. He has published widely in leading anthropological and social science journals in the United States and Canada and has earned an international reputation with his writings on peasants.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The World of the Huasicanchinos
- 1. Forms of Struggle
- 2. Domination and Disguise Transformations in Community Institutions
- 3. The Growth of a Culture of Opposition 1850-1947
- 4. Making a Living
- 5. Ghostly Figures Outside the Domain of Political Economy
- 6. Commodification and Culture
- 7. The Land Recuperation Campaign, 1930 to the Present
- 8. Class Consciousness and Culture
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
