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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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PEASANTRY AND POWER: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF RELATIONSHIP DURING NEP
Вестник Мининского университета, 2017 This article discusses the basic principles, nature and characteristics of the relationship of the peasantry and the Soviets. Based on the analysis of concrete historical material, it is concluded that the system of local authorities did not provide an ...
N. N. Grehova
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Heritage and Patrimony of the Peasantry: an analytical framework to address rural development
Agronomía Colombiana, 2019 The term “rural development” is exceptionally multifaceted, which makes it difficult to define. This and other features make it a ‘wicked problem’, which means the consequences of rural developmental problems can create other complications. To date, the
Fabio Pachón-Ariza +2 more
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The Social Question in “The Proposal” by Anton Chékhov [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2019 The article focuses on social and economic connotations of Chekhov’s The Proposal placing them against the context of the post-reform 19th century Russia.
Frédéric-Gaël Theuriau
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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Entre similitudes y contrastes. Modos y estrategias de abordaje del campesinado en las perspectivas de Jan Douve Van der Ploeg, Alexander Chayanov y Huges Lamarche [PDF]
Revista IDEAS, 2012 This paper we present an analysis evidencing contrasts and similarities between the theoretical and methodological approaches of the authors Alexander Chayanov, Huges Lamarche and Jan Van der Ploeg Douve, whose main concerns lie in understanding the ...
Laura Kostlin +1 more
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Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2020 Despite the centrality in the study of the peasantry in Latin America, for various disciplines, this category is still bound to static images of a group defined according to the State and capital.
Jennifer A. Devine +2 more
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann +2 more
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Acta Agronómica, 2017 The theoretical framework “heritage and patrimony of the peasantry” and its suggested operationalization potentially offers an improvement over previous approaches to analyse rural development.
Fabio Alberto Pachón Ariza +2 more
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Ploughing for Justice: Land Return, Clientelism and Citizenship in Central Burma
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article asks if clientelism is a form of citizenship in an agrarian society under military domination. It focuses on the efforts made by villagers in central Burma to recover land previously grabbed by force by the military state. A promise of land return during the political transition of the 2010s enabled dispossessed farmers to define ...
Stéphen Huard, Mya Dar Li Thant
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