Household Strategies for Survival 1600-2000 : Fission, Faction and Cooperation
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521001420
ISBN-13
9780521001427
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 22nd, 2001
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
298 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
c 1500 onwards to present daySocial & cultural historySocial and cultural history
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This book considers the 'labouring poor' as actively pursuing a whole range of strategies for survival. Building and maintaining networks of kinship and neighbourhood was equally important, as was negotiating support from institutions. This illuminating book examines the European past using case studies from present-day situations in Asia and Africa.
In pre-industrial Europe, as in developing countries today, much of the population had to struggle to survive. The livelihood of all those who lived by the work of their hands was highly insecure. This book considers the 'labouring poor' not simply as victims, but as actively pursuing a whole range of strategies for survival. These strategies included many economic activities. Building and maintaining networks of kinship and neighbourhood was equally important, as was negotiating support from institutions. Sometimes, strategies were successfully integrated within a household, while in other instances the domestic group was split and members preferred to pursue individual strategies. This illuminating book examines the European past using case studies from present-day situations in Asia and Africa.
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