Compartir
Apostles of Inequality: Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860 (en Inglés)
Jim Handy
(Autor)
·
University of Toronto Press
· Tapa Dura
Apostles of Inequality: Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860 (en Inglés) - Handy, Jim
$ 432.773
$ 721.288
Ahorras: $ 288.515
Elige la lista en la que quieres agregar tu producto o crea una nueva lista
✓ Producto agregado correctamente a la lista de deseos.
Ir a Mis Listas
Origen: Estados Unidos
(Costos de importación incluídos en el precio)
Se enviará desde nuestra bodega entre el
Jueves 11 de Julio y el
Lunes 22 de Julio.
Lo recibirás en cualquier lugar de Colombia entre 1 y 5 días hábiles luego del envío.
Reseña del libro "Apostles of Inequality: Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860 (en Inglés)"
Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cottagers and rural workers of access to land they could cultivate, despite evidence that they were the most productive farmers in a country constantly short of food.Drawing from a wide range of contemporary sources, Apostles of Inequality argues that such attempts, driven by a flawed faith in the wonders of capital, did little to increase agricultural productivity and instead led to a century of increasing impoverishment in rural England. Jim Handy rejects the assertions about the benefits that accompanied the transition to "improved" agriculture and details the abundant evidence for the efficiency of smallholder, peasant agriculture. He traces the development of both economic theory and government policy through the work of agricultural improver Arthur Young (1741-1820), government advisor Nassau William Senior (1790-1864), and the editors and writers of the Economist, as well as Adam Smith and Thomas Robert Malthus. Apostles of Inequality demonstrates how a fascination with capital - promoted by political economy and farmers' desires to have a labour force completely dependent on wage labour - fostered widespread destitution in rural England for over a century.
