The articulated peasant
Subtitle: household economies in the Andes
By: Enrique Mayer.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Peru -- Economic conditions; Indians of South America -- Land tenure -- Peru; Indians of South America -- Agriculture -- Peru; Peasantry -- Economic aspects -- Peru; Home economics -- Peru -- History; Land use, Rural -- Peru -- History; Encomiendas (Latin America) -- History; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Peru; Peru -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: The household in perspective; title: Redistribution and trade in Inca society; title: A tribute to the household : domestic economy and the encomienda in colonial Peru; title: The rules of the game in Andean reciprocity; title: Aspects of barter; title: Coca as commodity : local use and global abuse; title: Alguito para ganar ("a little something to earn") : profits and losses in peasant economies (with Manuel Glave); title: Production zones; title: Land tenure and communal control in Laraos; title: Household economies under neo-liberalism.