The Articulated Peasant : Household Economies In The Andes

ISBN-13: 9780813337166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 411 str.

Enrique Mayer

Opis

Based on Enrique Mayer's 30 years of research in Peru, this collection of new and revised essays presents in one accessible volume Mayer's most significant statements on Andean peasant economies from pre-colonial times to the present. As a result, The Articulated Peasant is noteworthy as a sustained examination of household economies as the author explains the relationship of the household and the village community to the Andean mountain environment through systems of land use and agricultural production within changing historical circumstances. Though the volume stresses the Andean context, its relevancy is wider. It will resonate with those who are struggling with issues of survival and development in Latin America or elsewhere where units of production and consumption are largely household based.

Spis treści

Preface -- The Household in Perspective -- Redistribution and Trade in Inca Society -- A Tribute to the Household: Domestic Economy and the Encomienda in Colonial Peru -- The Rules of the Game in Andean Reciprocity -- Aspects of Barter -- Coca as Commodity: Local Use and Global Abuse -- Alguito Para Ganar (“A Little Something to Earn”): Profits and Losses in Peasant Economies -- Production Zones -- Land Tenure and Communal Control in Laraos -- Household Economies Under Neo-Liberalism

O autorze

Enrique Mayer