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Famine In Peasant Societies
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Author : Ronald E. Seavoy
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1986-06-24
Famine In Peasant Societies written by Ronald E. Seavoy and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-06-24 with Business & Economics categories.
In this controversial study, Seavoy offers a new approach to the problem of periodic peacetime famine based on the actual behavior of peasants. He maintains that it is possible to increase per capita food production without massive and inappropriate technological inputs. Seavoy shifts the focus from modern development economics to a cultural and historical analysis of subsistence agriculture in Western Europe (England and Ireland), Indonesia, and India. From his survey of peasant civilization practices in these countries, he generalizes on the social values that create what he terms the subsistence compromise. In all of the ages and culture, Seavoy finds a consistent social organization of agriculture that produces identical results: seasonal hunger in poor crop years and famine conditions in consecutive poor crop years. He argues that economic policies have failed to increase per capita food production because economists and government planners try to apply market-oriented policies to populations that are not commercially motivated. Once they understand the subsistence compromise, policy-makers can take appropriate political action.
Famine In East Africa
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Author : Ronald E. Seavoy
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-09-27
Famine In East Africa written by Ronald E. Seavoy and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-09-27 with Business & Economics categories.
Efforts to commercialize agriculture in peasant societies through investments in technology and various pricing strategies have failed to create the food surpluses needed to forestall famine and support industrialization in East Africa. Seavoy explores this problem, basing his study on the case of Tanzania, a country that experiences recurrent peacetime famines associated with failures in subsistence agriculture. Providing an analysis of East African subsistence culture, he investigates the failures of national agricultural policies and defines strategies for inducing subsistence farmers to shift to commercial production. Seavoy looks at various development initiatives involving technological inputs, political pressure, taxation, and land tenure provisions and their effects on the political economy of subsistence agriculture. He presents a detailed survey of subsistence culture, its agricultural and pastoral practices, and such variables as labor, topography, rainfall, and population density. The shaping of the East African political economy under colonial rule is discussed, together with the economic, social, and political legacy that has persisted to the present day. Seavoy examines Tanzanian agricultural policy, which has aimed at facilitating the transition to commercial agriculture. He finds that the country is a long way from achieving the assured food surpluses that would enable the nation to support an urban industrial workforce. Among the underlying causes he notes the continuing population explosion, the farmers' objections to commercialized agriculture, and deficiencies in the physical infrastructure, trained personnel, and political institutions. He argues that surpluses will not be created until political leaders use the power of national government to enforce the shift to commercial production. A noteworthy and original contribution to development literature, this work is relevant to studies in modern political economy, Third World development, agricultural economy, and related disciplines.
Irish Peasant Society
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Author : Kenneth Hugh Connell
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1968
Irish Peasant Society written by Kenneth Hugh Connell and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Peasantry categories.
Composite work on historical social and living conditions in Ireland, with particular reference to behaviour of rural workers in the 18th and 19th centuries - covers sociological aspects of illicit distillation and ether drinking, hunger and poverty resulting from economic recession, the role of women, family life, the role of the roman Catholic Church, social services, the problem of illegitimate children, the administration of justice, etc. References.
Silent Violence
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Author : Michael J. Watts
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2013-02-01
Silent Violence written by Michael J. Watts and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Social Science categories.
Why do famines occur and how have their effects changed through time? Why are those who produce food so often the casualties of famines? Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Michael J. Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political economy. Through a longue durée history and a detailed village study Watts argues that famines are socially produced and that the market is as fickle and incalculable as the weather. Droughts are natural occurrences, matters of climatic change, but famines expose the inner workings of society, politics, and markets. His analysis moves from household and individual farming practices in the face of climatic variability to the incorporation of African peasants into the global circuits of capitalism in the colonial and postcolonial periods. Silent Violence powerfully combines a case study of food crises in Africa with an analysis of the way capitalism developed in northern Nigeria and how peasants struggle to maintain rural livelihoods. As the West African Sahel confronts another food crisis and continuing food insecurity for millions of peasants, Silent Violence speaks in a compelling way to contemporary agrarian dynamics, food provisioning systems, and the plight of the African poor.
Local Agrarian Societies In Colonial India
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Author : Kaoru Sugihara
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1996
Local Agrarian Societies In Colonial India written by Kaoru Sugihara and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
The first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader. Suggests the fundamental importance of an Asian comparative perspective for the understanding of Indian history.
In The Track Of The Russian Famine
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Author : Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
In The Track Of The Russian Famine written by Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Famines categories.
Irish Peasants
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Author : Samuel Clark
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2003-06-11
Irish Peasants written by Samuel Clark and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-11 with History categories.
"The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the newly-recognised landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. . . . The importance, even indispensability, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing."—Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement "As a whole, the volume demonstrates the wealth, complexity, and sophistication of Irish rural studies. The book is essential reading for anyone involved in modern Irish history. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to this rich field for scholars of other peasant communities and all interested in problems of economic and political developments."—American Historical Review "A milestone in the evolution of Irish social history. There is a remarkable consistency of style and standard in the essays. . . . This is truly history from the grassroots."—Timothy P. O'Neill, Studia Hibernica
The American Peasantry
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Author : Ronald E. Seavoy
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1998-11-30
The American Peasantry written by Ronald E. Seavoy and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
A sweeping overview of the American "peasantry" from the pre-Civil war era to the contemporary underclass.
Famine In Peasant Societies
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Author : Ronald E. Seavoy
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1986-06-24
Famine In Peasant Societies written by Ronald E. Seavoy and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-06-24 with Business & Economics categories.
In this controversial study, Seavoy offers a new approach to the problem of periodic peacetime famine based on the actual behavior of peasants. He maintains that it is possible to increase per capita food production without massive and inappropriate technological inputs. Seavoy shifts the focus from modern development economics to a cultural and historical analysis of subsistence agriculture in Western Europe (England and Ireland), Indonesia, and India. From his survey of peasant civilization practices in these countries, he generalizes on the social values that create what he terms the subsistence compromise. In all of the ages and culture, Seavoy finds a consistent social organization of agriculture that produces identical results: seasonal hunger in poor crop years and famine conditions in consecutive poor crop years. He argues that economic policies have failed to increase per capita food production because economists and government planners try to apply market-oriented policies to populations that are not commercially motivated. Once they understand the subsistence compromise, policy-makers can take appropriate political action.
Peasants In History
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Author : Eric J. Hobsbawm
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1980
Peasants In History written by Eric J. Hobsbawm and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Monographic compilation of essays in honour of daniel thorner on agricultural economics and agrarian structure - gives historical account of villages, peasant movements, the landowner ruling class, changes in land ownership and starvation in India, land tenure and social structure in Indonesia, collective farming in China, and covers rural area energy policy, economic policy and land reform. Bibliography pp. 307 to 312, references and statistical tables. Festschrift thorner, d.