Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
Download or Read eBook Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance PDF written by Forrest D. Colburn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Forrest D. Colburn |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2016-07-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781315491448 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1315491443 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance by : Forrest D. Colburn
Book excerpt: Peasant rebellions are uncommon. "Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance" explores peasants' foot dragging, feigned ingorance, false compliance, manipulation, flight, slander, theft, arson, sabotage, and similar prosaic forms of struggle. These kinds of resistance stop well short of collective defiance, a strategy usually suicidal for the subordinate. The central argument about peasant resistance is presented in the opening chapter by James Scott in which he summarizes and extends the thesis of his book on Malaysia's peasantry, "Weapons of the Weak". Scott's ideas are employed and refined in the ensuing seven country studies of peasant resistance: Poland, India, Egypt, Colombia, China, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe.
