The Political Economy of Mountain Java

An Interpretive History

• Author(s): Robert W. Hefner,
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Pages: 352
• ISBN_10: 0520913760
  ISBN_13: 9780520913769
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , History / Asia / General ,

Description:... A rich and sensitive portrait of a changing peasantry, this study 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.


A rich and sensitive portrait of a changing peasantry, this study 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