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our quest to understand
ordinary people’s lives we
need tools to disentangle
peasant economy. A basic
effort has been to render
agency to the peasant, to
recognise that peasants were
active actors in rural history.
The main goal has been
to develop and test a new
conceptualisation of peasant
economy. With the
introduction of the concept
“integrated peasant economy”
(IPE), we have a tool that can
enhance our understanding
of how peasants who mixed
different income sources
organised their activity,
and were able to manage
a complex household
economy. IPE enables a better
comparability among regions
and cases as well as through
time. For these reasons this
book is a step forward in our
understanding of peasant
economy.
The volume presents
a number of case studies
concentrating on the Alps
and Scandinavia, that reveal
a remarkable comparative
potential, but including also
other areas of Slovenia, Italy
and even Japan, proving
that the integrated peasant
economy is applicable
to different regions
and historical periods.
ordinary people’s lives we
need tools to disentangle
peasant economy. A basic
effort has been to render
agency to the peasant, to
recognise that peasants were
active actors in rural history.
The main goal has been
to develop and test a new
conceptualisation of peasant
economy. With the
introduction of the concept
“integrated peasant economy”
(IPE), we have a tool that can
enhance our understanding
of how peasants who mixed
different income sources
organised their activity,
and were able to manage
a complex household
economy. IPE enables a better
comparability among regions
and cases as well as through
time. For these reasons this
book is a step forward in our
understanding of peasant
economy.
The volume presents
a number of case studies
concentrating on the Alps
and Scandinavia, that reveal
a remarkable comparative
potential, but including also
other areas of Slovenia, Italy
and even Japan, proving
that the integrated peasant
economy is applicable
to different regions
and historical periods.
