David Seddon, Fraser Sugden, Mark Tilzey

Peasants, Capitalism, and the Work of Eric R. Wolf

Reviving Critical Agrarian Studies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fifty years after the publication of Eric Wolf's celebrated Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, this book offers a much-needed critical assessment and update of Wolf's contribution to the study of the peasantry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032495835
• ISBN-10: 1032495839
• Artikelnr.: 72106459

Autorenporträt

Mark Tilzey is an Associate Professor, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UK. Fraser Sugden is an Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK. David Seddon is a former Professor of Politics and Sociology, Department of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1 Wolf's Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century: A Critique; 2
Developing our Approach: Towards a Marxian Perspective after Wolf; 3 The
Rise of Capitalism in England, and the Emergence of Core and Periphery in
the Global Political Economy; 4 The Reform of the Corn Laws and the
Emergence of the 'First' or British 'Liberal' Food Regime, 1840-1870; 5 The
Emergence of the 'Second' or 'Imperial' Food Regime, 1870-1930; 6 Agrarian
Capitalism and 'Core'-'Periphery' Dynamics from 1930 to the Present Day:
Peasant Elimination in the North, Peasant Perpetuation in the South; 7
Conclusion: Wolf and the Revival of Critical Agrarian Studies