The Demise of a Rural Economy

<p>Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the work shows the ways in which an economy is socially and historically determined. Subsistence is shown to be not only a form of agriculture but a determinant economic organisation and particular attention is paid to the problem of understanding patterns of distribution and the constitution of the surplus in the peasant economy. <br> First published in 1978.</p> Chapter 1 Anthropological economics and a small village; Chapter 2 An economy evolves; Chapter 3 Household production; Chapter 4 The production process; Chapter 5 Organizing a labour force; Chapter 6 The seeds of a transformation; Chapter 7 Horizons and reflections;