Peasant cooperation and capitalist expansion in central Peru / edited by Norman Long and Bryan R. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Long, Norman, editor.

Roberts, Bryan R., 1939- editor.

Series:

Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ; Number 46.

Latin American Monograph ; Number 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Peru.

Rural development.

Agriculture, Cooperative--Peru.

Agriculture, Cooperative.

Peasants--Peru.

Peasants.

Peru--Rural conditions.

Peru.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Austin, [Texas] : University of Texas Press, 1978.

Summary:

This book brings together the research into regional development and social change carried out in highland Peru by a team of British and Latin American social anthropologists and sociologists. The area studied—the Mantaro Valley of central Peru—is one of the most densely populated and economically differentiated of highland zones; it is also notable for its community-based forms of cooperation and its high level of peasant political activity. The book presents a series of case studies that examine cooperative forms of organization in relation to developments in the regional economy and to changes in national policy. The analysis attempts to avoid interpreting local processes merely as responses to externally initiated change. It stresses instead the need to consider the interplay of local and national forces, because local groups and processes themselves affect the pattern of regional and national development. The case studies cover a range of political and economic topics, from peasant movements to the achievements and shortcomings of government-sponsored agricultural and manufacturing cooperatives. The concluding chapter, by the editors, explores the theoretical implications of these studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Peasant Movements at the Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Independent Farmer

3. Processes of Industrial and Social Change in Highland Peru

4. Peasant Cooperation and Dependency: The Case of the Electricity Enterprise of Muquiyauyo

5. The Bases of Industrial Cooperation in Huancayo

6. Some Factors Contributing to Peasant Land Occupations in Peru: The Example of Huasicancha, 1963-1968

7. From Cooperative to Hacienda: The Case of the Agrarian Society of Pucará

8. The Impact of the Comunidad on Local Development in the Mantaro Valley

9. The Evolution of Pastoral Villages and the Significance of Agrarian Reform in the Highlands of Central Peru

10. Peasant and Entrepreneurial Coalitions: The Case of the Matahuasi Cooperative

11. Peasant Cooperation and Underdevelopment in Central Peru

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-0440-1

OCLC:

1280942728