Peasant Cooperation and Capitalist Expansion in Central Peru / / ed. by Bryan R. Roberts, Norman Long.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Grondin, Marcelo,; H., Pedro Cano,; Laite, Julian,; Long, Norman,; Roberts, Bryan R.,; Samaniego, Carlos,; Smith, Gavin A.,; Sáez, Juan Solano,; Sánchez, Rodrigo,; Winder, David,
• HerausgeberIn: Long, Norman,; Roberts, Bryan R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

This book brings together the research into regional development and social change carried out in highland Peru by a team of British and Latin American social anthropologists and sociologists. The area studied—the Mantaro Valley of central Peru—is one of the most densely populated and economically differentiated of highland zones; it is also notable for its community-based forms of cooperation and its high level of peasant political activity. The book presents a series of case studies that examine cooperative forms of organization in relation to developments in the regional economy and to changes in national policy. The analysis attempts to avoid interpreting local processes merely as responses to externally initiated change. It stresses instead the need to consider the interplay of local and national forces, because local groups and processes themselves affect the pattern of regional and national development. The case studies cover a range of political and economic topics, from peasant movements to the achievements and shortcomings of government-sponsored agricultural and manufacturing cooperatives. The concluding chapter, by the editors, explores the theoretical implications of these studies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Peasant Movements at the Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Independent Farmer -- 3. Processes of Industrial and Social Change in Highland Peru -- 4. Peasant Cooperation and Dependency: The Case of the Electricity Enterprise of Muquiyauyo -- 5. The Bases of Industrial Cooperation in Huancayo -- 6. Some Factors Contributing to Peasant Land Occupations in Peru: The Example of Huasicancha, 1963-1968 -- 7. From Cooperative to Hacienda: The Case of the Agrarian Society of Pucará -- 8. The Impact of the Comunidad on Local Development in the Mantaro Valley -- 9. The Evolution of Pastoral Villages and the Significance of Agrarian Reform in the Highlands of Central Peru -- 10. Peasant and Entrepreneurial Coalitions: The Case of the Matahuasi Cooperative -- 11. Peasant Cooperation and Underdevelopment in Central Peru -- Bibliography -- Index