The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia by James C. Scott

The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia

James C. Scott

254 pages 1976

2 editions

nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
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James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household—subsistence—at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling technical, social, and moral arrangements in peasant ...

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