Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Preamble -- Appendix -- 1. Why country people are not peasants -- 2. The vain search for universal generalizations: the relevance of economic inequality -- 3. The vain search for universal generalizations: The poor quality of official statistics -- 4. The vain search for universal generalizations: historicist fallacies -- 5. Pause: how can the impasse be resolved? -- 6. The logical necessity for economic inequality within rural communities -- 7. The farming household: its defects as a statistical unit -- 8. The need to be indebted -- 9. The flexibility of inheritance systems -- 10. The neglect of farm-labouring systems -- 11. Misconceptions about migration -- 12. The neglect of women -- 13. The sale of farmland -- 14. Rural class stratification? Postscript -- Glossary and place names -- References -- Index
Analysis
Developing countries Rural regions Economic development
