Agrarian Studies: Synthetic Work at the Cutting Edge

Agrarian Studies: Synthetic Work at the Cutting Edge
ISBN-10
0300085028
ISBN-13
9780300085020
Category
Social Science
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2001-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Authors
James C. Scott, Nina Bhatt

Description

This book presents an account of an intellectual breakthrough in the study of rural society and agriculture. Its ten chapters, selected for their originality and synthesis from the colloquia of the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University, encompass various disciplines, diverse historical periods, and several regions of the world. The contributors' fresh analyses will broaden the perspectives of readers with interests as wide-ranging as rural sociology, environmentalism, political science, history, anthropology, economics, and art history. The ten studies recast and expand what is known about rural society and agrarian issues, examining such topics as poverty, subsistence, cultivation, ecology, justice, art, custom, law, ritual life, cooperation, and state action. Each contribution provides a point of departure for new study, encouraging deeper thinking across disciplinary boundaries and frontiers.

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