Livelihood and resistance : peasants and the politics of land in Peru / Gavin Smith.

First paperback printing, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272).

Introduction: the world of the Huasicanchinos -- Forms of struggle -- Livelihood and resistance -- Cross-disciplinary studies of the peasantry -- Domination and disguise: transformations in community institutions -- Community institutions in Huasicancha 1960-1972 -- Hacienda use of community institutions -- "La nacion Huanca" -- "El imperio Inca" -- The emergence of the highland hacienda system -- From estancia to hacienda; from cancha to "Pueblo de los indios" -- Growing lines of distinction -- The early years of the republic -- The growth of a culture of opposition 1850-1947 -- From mobilization to rebellion 1850-1899 -- The pre-war situation -- The war and its aftermath -- The response to hacienda expansion 1900-1947 -- The social relations of hacienda production 1900-1920 -- The social relations of petty production 1900-1947 -- To 1920 -- To 1947 -- Making a living -- The institutionalization of migration -- Early days -- The receiving areas from 1948 to 1960 -- The sending community from 1948 to 1960 -- The "Canchas" -- The "Huasis" -- The variety of enterprises today: the locations -- Huancayo -- Lima -- Huasicancha -- Ghostly figures outside the domain of political economy -- Victor and Juana Hinostrosa's domestic enterprise -- Mauro and Guillermina Hinostrosa's domestic enterprise -- Grimaldo and Angelina Pomayay's domestic enterprise -- Eulogio and Eufresenia Ramos's domestic enterprise -- Urbano and Paulina Ilacua's domestic enterprise -- Commodification and culture.

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