Main Contents Page

The following is a hierarchical listing of all topics covered in this package, including the case studies.

Welcome to our ERA Project

The Library: Introduction

Bibliography
Main Contents Page

Introduction: Anthropologists and the Peasantry
Why did anthropologists get interested in peasants?
Peasant Studies as Counter-Insurgency

Inside a Community in Resistance in Chiapas

Uneven Development
Theoretical Perspectives

Peasant Reproduction and Capitalism: Introduction
Classical Marxism & The Agrarian Question
Classical Marxism and the Agrarian Question: Marx
Classical Marxism and the Agrarian Question: Lenin

Agriculture & Industrialization

Classical Marxism and the Agrarian Question: Lenin's Junker Road
Classical Marxism and the Agrarian Question: Lenin on Peasant Differentiation
The Chayanovian Alternative: The Family Labour Farm
The Chayanovian Alternative: Peasant Needs and Dilemmas
The Chayanovian Alternative: A Different Economic Logic
The Chayanovian Alternative: Lenin versus Chayanov
The Chayanovian Alternative: Vertical Concentration

The Theory of Capitalist Ground Rent

Beyond the Classical Debates: The Changing Character of the Peasantry
Beyond the Classical Debates: The Future of the Family Farm
Beyond the Classical Debates: The Global Food System
Beyond the Classical Debates: Rural Futures

Case Studies Introduction Page

Mexican Case Study: Introduction
The Guaracha Hacienda
The Ciénega de Chapala: Geographical & Cultural Setting
The Significance of the Guaracha Case
Conditions for Success
Unfulfilled Hopes
Roots of the Problem
A Revolution from Above
The Failure of the Cardenista Project in Guaracha
New Masters of the Land
"Modernization"

The Social and Economic Position of Women in the Ciénega

The Return of the State
Assessing Benefits and Counting Costs
From Statism to Neoliberalism
The Political Response to the Crisis

The end of Banrural in the region

The Salinas Years: Reforming the Land reform

The Reform of Article 27 and PROCEDE

The Salinas Years: PRONASOL and PROCAMPO

The 1992 Municipal elections

The Other Way Out: US Migration Today

Mexico-U.S. Migration from the Ciénega de Chapala

Los Reyes: The Perspective from the Ciénega
Los Reyes: The Agrarian, Socio-Cultural and Political Setting
The Sugar Industry
The Impact of Privatization
Inside the Mills

Schematic Diagram of Sugar Production

The Truly Disadvantaged
Land Conflict: Los Chorros de Varal
Guascuaro: Destruction and Recreation of an Ejido
Brazil Case Study Introduction
Brazil case study 2
José Maria
José Maria and his early life
José Maria and work
José Maria and Alcina
Parú: A Floodplain Village
Parú: Community Life
Parú: Community Life Part 2
Parú: Kinship and Social Organisation
Parú: What is Kinship in a Floodplain Village?
Floodplain Environment
Seasonal variations 2
Seasonal Variations 3
Cattle Raising
Fishing
Agriculture
Jute
Marketing Products
Work Relations
History of Amazonia
Modern Peasantries
Folk Religion
Some questions and a note on method
History Room: Introduction

History Room Contents Page

The Mexican Revolution
Mexican History 1810-1940
Notes on Mexico's Land Reform
Russian Agrarian History and Soviet Debates on the Peasantry
The Impact of Colonial Capitalism on South East Asian Peasantries
Society and Culture Room: Introduction

Society and Culture Room Contents Page

Mestizaje and Indigenous Identities
Ranchero Culture
Society & Culture: Religion in Michoacán

Video Clips of Mexican Religious Events

Mexican State Rituals

Video Clips of Mexican Secular Rituals

Mexico: Family Celebrations

Designed by John Gledhill.
For the Manchester University Department of Social Anthropology and the ERA Consortium.
Revised: October 09, 1998 .