The Agrarian Origins of Commerce and Industry: A Study of Peasant Marketing in Indonesia

by Yujiro Hayami and Toshihiko Kawagoe

This study challenges the traditional image of peasants in developing economies as always passive to market forces. In this study of marketing upland crops in Indonesia the authors demonstrate active peasant participation and entrepreneurship in commercial and industrial activities. The peasant marketing system not only works as an effective bridge between farm producers and consumers but also produces significant employment and income in the rural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349225169
• ISBN13: 9781349225163
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"