Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century by Eric Robert Wolf

Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century by Eric Robert Wolf

Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam--not from the perspective of governments or parties or leaders, but from the perspective of the peasant peoples whose lives and ways of living were destroyed by the depredations of the imperial powers, including American imperial power.-New York Times Book Review Eric Wolf was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Herbert H. Lehman College and Graduate School, City University of New York, and the author of numerous books, including Europe and the People Without History, Peasants, and Envisioning Power: Idologies of Dominance and Crisis.

"[Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century] provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam--not from the perspective of governments or parties or leaders, but from the perspective of the peasant peoples whose lives and ways of living were destroyed by the depredations of the imperial powers, including American imperial power"--"New York Times Book Review" "Eric Wolf's study of the six great peasant-based revolutions of the century demonstrates a mastery of his field and the methods required to negotiate it that evokes respect and admiration. In six crisp essays, and a brilliant conclusion, he extends our understanding of the nature of peasant reactions to social change appreciably by his skill in isolating and analyzing those factors, which, by a magnification of the anthropologist's techniques, can be shown to be crucial in linking local grievances and protest to larger movements of political transformation."--"American Political Science Review" "An intellectual "tour de force"."--"Comparative Politics" "An intellectual "tour de force.""--"Comparative Politics" -An intellectual tour de force.---Comparative Politics -Eric Wolf's study of the six great peasant-based revolutions of the century demonstrates a mastery of his field and the methods required to negotiate it that evokes respect and admiration. In six crisp essays, and a brilliant conclusion, he extends our understanding of the nature of peasant reactions to social change appreciably by his skill in isolating and analyzing those factors, which, by a magnification of the anthropologist's techniques, can be shown to be crucial in linking local grievances and protest to larger movements of political transformation.---American Political Science Review -[Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century] provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam--not from the perspective of governments or parties or leaders, but from the perspective of the peasant peoples whose lives and ways of living were destroyed by the depredations of the imperial powers, including American imperial power.---New York Times Book Review

Eric R. Wolf, (1923-1999) wrote Europe and the People Without History (UC Press), and numerous other books. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (Emeritus) at H. Lehman College and Graduate School, City University of New York.

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ISBN 13	9780806131962
ISBN 10	0806131969
Title	Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century
Author	Eric Robert Wolf
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Oklahoma Press
Year published	1999-09-15
Number of pages	352
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