Anthropology and History in Franche-Comte : A Critique of Social Theory Hardback
by Robert (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham) Layton
Part of the Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology series
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This is a study of continuity and change in rural France based on fieldwork carried out over a period of 25 years, and on historical documents spanning more than 300 years.
Producer co-operatives have existed in Franche-Comté since the thirteenth century.
Communities there, unlike modern English villages, are highly corporate.
Robert Layton explores the relationships between inheritance rules, management of common land, household labour, and inter- household relations, as well as the impact on villages of national politics and economy.
Comparison with other regions of Western Europe allows a reinterpretation of the eighteenth-century enclosures in England.
Layton presents a dialogue between ethnography and social theory, and argues for a revision of the theories of Marx, Giddens, and Bourdieu so as to better explain the mechanisms of continuity, change, and adaptation in social life.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:406 pages, 21 halftones, 17 figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/12/2000
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- ISBN:9780199241996
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:406 pages, 21 halftones, 17 figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/12/2000
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- ISBN:9780199241996
