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 d...

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