{"product_id":"peasants-politics-and-revolution-joel-s-migdal-9780691635149","title":"Peasants, Politics and Revolution: Pressures Toward Political and Social Change in the Third World","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the last quarter century, peasant participation in politics has increased markedly in parts of Latin America and Asia. Why the poor and vulnerable peasant population has chosen to leave the confines of the village for political activity and at times for sustained revolution is the question this book explores. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author draws on informal interviews and observation of peasants in Mexico and India and on fifty-one community studies of peasants in Asia and Latin America compiled by ethnographers in the last forty years. He suggests that severe economic crises have driven peasants to roles in the larger economy outside the village, where they are initially attracted to politics by material incentives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1975. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel S. Migdal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691635145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691635149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Joel S. Migdal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621766541567,"sku":"9780691635149","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peasants-politics-and-revolution-joel-s-migdal-9780691635149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}