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Ellis, Frank 1947-

Peasant economics : farm households and agrarian developoment / Frank Ellis. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xviii, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Wye studies in agricultural and rural development .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-298) and indexes.

Part I. Peasants, Economics, Political Economy: 1. Peasants
2. The neoclassical theory of farm production
3. Elements of peasant political economy
Part II. The Theory of the Optimising Peasant: 4. The profit-maximising peasant
5. The risk-averse peasant
6. The drudgery-averse peasant
7. The farm household peasant
8. The sharecropping peasant
Part III. Inside the Peasant Household: 9. Women in the peasant household
Part IV. Further Topics and Overview: 10. Farm size and factor productivity
11. Technical change
12. Environment
13. Peasant economics in perspective

ISBN: 0521457114 (pbk.)

LCCN: 94153439

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Peasants--Economic conditions.--Developing countries
Peasants--Social conditions.--Developing countries
Quality of life--Developing countries.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries--Rural conditions.

LC Class. No.: HD1542 / .E43 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 338.1 / ELL