Tunisian Peasants in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Studies in Modern Capitalism)

Valensi, Lucette

Cambridge University Press（2009/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 308 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521109017
• DDC分類 305.563

Full Description

An historian of the Annales school, Lucette Valensi blends the methods of history and anthropology to portray the Tunisian countryside in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which has been previously little-studied. She analyses the nomadic tribes and the sedentary peasants, discussing their social organisation, their economic activity, and their cultural practices. She also explores the changes that affected both the peasantry and the Tunisian state in the nineteenth century, showing how the country's incorporation into the capitalist world economy led to social unrest, and eventually to the general rebellion of 1864 that precipitated the establishment of a French protectorate, thus placing Tunisia in a role of dependence and heralding underdevelopment.

Contents

Introduction; 1. Families coming from the same stock; 2. the people and the land; 3. A society in the process of underdevelopment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.