Peasants and peasant societies

by Teodor Shanin, T. Shanin, Theodor Shanin

1971 448 pages eng

"This volume of readings looks at five aspects of the subject; first, the units of peasant social organization - family, farm, village community etc.; second, the typical forms of production and exchange; third, the peasantry as a class; fourth, peasant cultural patterns including customs, religions…