Peasants Make Their Own History
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© 2008 The Author Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK JOAC ournal of Agraria Change 1471-0358 66 © The Author. Journal compilation © Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Henry Bernstein and Terence J. Byres. XXX rigi l Article Peasants Make Their Own His ry, But Not Just As T ey Please... hil p Mcmichael Peasants Make Their Own History, But Not Just as They Please . . .
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