The Political Economy of Mountain Java
eBook - ePub

The Political Economy of Mountain Java

An Interpretive History

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Political Economy of Mountain Java

An Interpretive History

About this book

A rich and sensitive portrait of a changing peasantry, this study is also a general inquiry into the nature of status, class, and community in the developing world. Robert Hefner presents an analysis designed to bridge the gap between village studies and social history. He describes the forces that have shaped upland politics and society from pre-colonial times to the Green Revolution today.
A rich and sensitive portrait of a changing peasantry, this study is also a general inquiry into the nature of status, class, and community in the developing world. Robert Hefner presents an analysis designed to bridge the gap between village studies and

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. TABLES
  6. PREFACE
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. Map 1. East and Central Java
  9. Map 2. The Tengger Highlands
  10. ONE Introduction Mountain Java in History and Social Theory
  11. TWO Politics and Community in Premodem History
  12. THREE Agricultural History Intensification and Degradation
  13. FOUR The Green Revolution in Mountain Agriculture
  14. FIVE Relations in Production Social Change in Land and Labor
  15. SIX Consumption Communities
  16. SEVEN Politics and Social Identity The 1965-66 Violence and Its Aftermath
  17. EIGHT Conclusion Economy and Moral Community
  18. APPENDIX A Note on History and Ethnographic Method
  19. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  20. INDEX