Contiene: In this volume, eight writers-anthropologists, economists and historianas working in Bolivia, Britain, France, Ireland and Peru- describe and analyse aspects of rural society in various andean regions. They focus on the impact of capitalist development on both the peasant economy and the landed elite in the Andes and the ways in which that impact has been shaped bya a specific andean culture and a characteristic andean ecology and climate. The volume represents a substancial contribution to our understanding of andean rural society and the nature of the Latin american peasantry and peasant economy. It will appeal to all those interested in economic anthropology, Latin América, peasant studies and the capitalist world-economy.

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