Author: Halperin, Rhoda & Dow, James; editors:
Title: Peasant Livelihood: Studies in Economic Anthropology and Cultural Ecology
Description: New York, St. Martin's Press, (1977). orig.boards. 23x15cm, x,332 pp, In a lightly rubbed & torn dustwrapper.. Textual graphs & tables.. Some page-edge spotting. Slight binding corner bump. VG. dustwr ¶ Contains 16 papers. Includes: R. Halperin "The Substantive Economy in Peasant Societies"; B. Orlove "Against a Definition of Peasantries: Agrarian Production in Andean Peru"; W.P. Mitchell "Irrigation Farming in the Andes: Evolutionary Implications"; S.B. Brush "The Myth of the Idle Peasant: Employment in a Subsistence Economy"; R. Halperin "Redistribution in Chan Kom: A Case for Mexican Political Economy"; F.F. Berdan " Distributive Mechanisms in the Aztec Economy": M.B. Leons "The Economic Networks of Bolivian Political Brokers: Revolutionary Road to Fame & Fortune"; C.A. Smith "How Marketing Systems Affect Economic Opportunity in Agrarian Societies"; W. Neale "Reciprocity & Redistribution in the Indian Village"; L.A. Parsons & B. Price "MesoamericanTrade & Its Role in the Emeergence of Civilization"; B. Derman "Serfdom & Its Demise in the Fouta- Djallon"; B. Orlove "Inequality Among Peasants: The Forms & Uses of Reciprocal Exchange in Andean Peru"; J. Dow "Religion in the Organization of a Mexican Peasant Economy"; A. Leeds "Mythos & Pathos: Some Unpleasantries on Peasantries"; A.V. Chayanov "On the Theory of Non- Capitalist Economic Systems"; R. Halperin "Conclusion: A Substantive Approach to Peasant Livelihood".

Keywords: Economic Anthropology, Agrarian Sociology, Peasant Peasants, Peasantry Economy, Agricultural Social, Subsistence Farming, Mesoamerica, Political Economics,