The moral economy of the peasant rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia /

Scott, James C.

The moral economy of the peasant rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia / Rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia James C. Scott. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)1976. - 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

The economics and sociology of the subsistence ethic -- Subsistence security in peasant choice and values -- The distribution of risk and colonial change -- The state as claimant -- The depression rebellions -- Implications for the analysis of exploitation : reciprocity and subsistence as justice -- Revolt, survival, and repression.

"James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household --



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Peasants--Southeast Asia.
Agriculture.
Peasant uprisings.
Peasants.
Southeast Asia.


Electronic Books.

HD1513 / .M673 1976