Demise of a Rural Economy From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village

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.First published in 1978.Gudeman, Stephen is the author of 'Demise of a Rural Economy From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415330428 and ISBN 0415330424.