The political economy of mountain Java : an interpretive history / Robert W. Hefner.

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Hefner, Robert W, 1952-

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520913769
0520913760
0585130728
9780585130729
0520069331
9780520069336
0520082699
9780520082694

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political economy of mountain Java.DDC classification:

307.1/412/095982 20

LOC classification:

HN710.Z9 C611454 1990eb

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Contents:

East and Central Java -- The Tengger Highlands -- Introduction: mountain Java in history and social theory -- Politics and community in premodern history -- Agricultural history: intensification and degradation -- The green revolution in mountain agriculture -- Relations in production: social change in land and labor -- Consumption communities -- Politics and social identity: the 1965-66 violence and its aftermath -- Conclusion: economy and moral community -- A note on history and ethnographic method.

Summary: This portrait of a changing peasantry 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index.

This portrait of a changing peasantry 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.