Peasantry to capitalism : western Östergötland in the nineteenth century
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Peasantry to capitalism : western Östergötland in the nineteenth century
（Cambridge studies in historical geography, 22）
Cambridge University Press, 2006, c1994
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"First published 1994. This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-445) and index
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Description
How do peasants, producing mainly for themselves, become capitalist farmers, producing largely for sale? What happens to farm sizes, farming practices, and the relationships between cultivators and others in the process of this transition? How far does it vary from region to region? Is it inherent in the peasantry, or must it be instigated by landlord, townsfolk or the state? These are some of the questions addressed by Goeran Hoppe and John Langton in this 1995 study of rural change in Sweden. Eschewing both traditional narrow empiricism, and the recent trend to over-employ modern social theory, the authors have carefully combined theories about the transition from peasantry to capitalism with meticulous analysis of the abundant Swedish records. In doing so, they reveal the wide geographical variety and rich socioeconomic complexity of the changes which occurred in the process of modernization in the nineteenth century.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: peasants and economic development
- 2. Conceptualizing regional change
- 3. Agrarian land ownership and farm holdings
- 4. Agrarian livelihood positions, projects and production structures
- 5. Industrial and urban livelihoods
- 6. Investment and money in agriculture
- 7. Flows of labour
- 8. Conclusion: peasants and others in the development of capitalist economy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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