Peasants In Transition

The Changing Economy of the Peruvian Aymara:A General Systems Approach

Ted Lewellen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-29802-9 (ISBN)

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This book explores why and how the Aymara Indians of the Lake Titicaca Basin in Peru have entered the money economy and the effects of this rapid change on social structure, religion, kinship, and world view.

The peasant transition from a subsistence-agriculture economy to a money economy is one of the most significant and widespread phenomena of the twentieth century. For the world’s largest occupational group—comprising from one-half to two-thirds of the world’s population—this process constitutes a fundamental transformation in terms of economic and

Ted Lewellen, assistant visiting professor of anthropology at Texas Tech University, received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- The Physical and Historical Setting -- A System in Transition -- Land, Population, and Positive Feedback -- Options and Strategies -- The Changing Social Structure -- New Functions for Old Religions -- The Adventist Elite -- Toward a New Stability -- Peasants in Transition: Toward a General Model -- Appendixes -- How the Data Was Collected and Analyzed -- The Questionnaire -- Statistical Abstract for Three Communities -- Income in Three Communities -- Land and Animal Possession, Soqa -- Population Distribution, Soqa

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2021
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 229 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-367-29802-3 / 0367298023
ISBN-13	978-0-367-29802-9 / 9780367298029
Zustand	Neuware