Peasants not only comprised the most num erous stratum of Polish society (both in 1864, i.e. at the time of the completion of agrarian reforms, and in 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of the second world war); they also exerted an essentiel impact on the shape and functioning of society, determined the level of agricul­ ture, created a sales m arket and constituted a demographic reserve for the...

Abstract This article examines how and why smallholder peasants mobilize for collective action to put forward their claims. Taking the resistance by cotton farmers in Burkina Faso as a case study, it demonstrates that institutions of neoliberal governance – which are presented proponents making more “effective” improving participation various public private stakeholders different degrees nevert...

This article centres around a volume of sermons and its three documented owners. The book first belonged to vicar, then nobleman, finally farmhand. owners all left marks on the book, farmhand wrote remarkable passage last page, detailing his reading book. owners’ possession spans over century, 1766–1876, period that saw people’s habits practices transform fundamentally. In this context Sweden, ...

Despite their success in boosting cereals production overall, the Green Revolution programs of the 1950s and 1960s were often criticized for failing to achieve their declared aim of alleviating world hunger. Most critics argued that the programs had produced a technology unsuited to the needs of small peasant farmers. This paper explores why such inappropriate technology might have been develop...

[email protected] A story is told in China about a peasant who had worked as a maintenance man in a newly established Western missionary hospital. When he retired to his remote home village, he took with him some hypodermic needles and lots of antibiotics. He put up a shingle, and whenever someone came to him with a fever, he injected the patient with the wonder drugs. A remarkable percentag...

The article explores the creation and functioning of rural societies in Belarus after abolition serfdom. Considerable focus is given to definition differences between terms «rural society» «peasant community». Territorial activities are noted their formal informal structure highlighted. object study peasantry second half 19th – early 20th century. subject regularities features existence communi...