Lawrence S. Grossman explores the far-reaching implications of the conflicts between subsistence and commodity production in developing countries.

Originally published in 1984.

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Lawrence S. Grossman

• FrontMatter,
• Contents,
• List Of Maps,
• List Of Figures,
• List Of Tables,
• Conventions,
• Preface,
• Acknowledgments,
• Introduction,
• Chapter One. Kapanara Village,
• Chapter Two. Smallholder Cattle Projects,
• Chapter Three. Cattle and Rural Economic Differentiation,
• Chapter Four. The Local Environment and Commodity Production,
• Chapter Five. Subsistence and Commodity Production,
• Chapter Six. Time and Money in the Mid-1970s,
• Chapter Seven. The Bust: The Decline of the Commercial Economy in the Early 1980s,
• Conclusion,
• Appendix A,
• Appendix B,
• Appendix C.1,
• Appendix C.2,
• Appendix C.3,
• Bibliography,
• Index,