Nelson W. Keith Novella Zett Keith Nelson W. Keith
This provocative new volume focuses on the economic features that make Third World social formations distinctive and on non-property characteristics such as religion, ethnicity, and culture, that are central to the survival of these societies. Specifically, the authors look at the significance and revolutionary potential of peasant majorities, who take limited advantage of capitalist modes of production and often manage to maintain their cultural and economic identity and a degree of independence in the process. Following the editors' introduction, which explains the conceptual framework...
This provocative new volume focuses on the economic features that make Third World social formations distinctive and on non-property characteristic...