Robert Layton

Anthropology and History in Franche-Comté

A Critique of Social Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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is a study of continuity and change in rural France based on fieldwork carried out over a period of 25 years, and on historical documents spanning more than 300 years.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-Comte 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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Layton's study of continuity and change in rural France and his comparisons with other European regions, make possible a reinterpretation of the eighteenth-century enclosures in England. Here, he presents an engaging dialog between ethnography and social history, suggesting a revision of the theories of Marx, Giddens, and Bourdieu.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780199241996
• ISBN-10: 0199241996
• Artikelnr.: 22173786

Autorenporträt

Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham