Jim Handy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! “A Multiplication of Wretchedness” in England, 1750–1850 From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 2 examines England and Wales from the late 1700s and early 1800s, in the midst of what has often been called an agriculture revolution. This chapter argues that appreciation for the …	Jim Handy	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Conclusion: “A Sweet Habit of the Blood” From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	The conclusion reflects on the author’s hopes that the book could help portray the hardships and resilience peasants have displayed over the last 200 years across the globe.	Jim Handy	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From “Drawing Forth the Force that Slumbered in Peasants’ Arms” The Economist, High Agriculture & Selling Capitalism From: Food Sovereignty View Fernwood Publishing		Carla Fehr; Jim Handy	17	2010	$1.87 Add
From NEW! Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 4 examines Guatemala during the mid-20th century, as various governments sought to “modernize” Mayan traditional milpa agriculture, resulting in a genocide directed at Mayan …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Kerala: A Return to the Future From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 6 examines the Indian state of Kerala, a small state in the southwest of the subcontinent that had been the site of ongoing reforms beginning almost immediately after its formation in …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Nigerian Smallholders: Masters of the Environment From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 5 examines Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s, when governments– advised by Western development specialists– sought to “capture” peasant production and boost export …	Jim Handy	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From NEW! “Swept Away through Injustice” From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 1 introduces the premise of the book, which is to reexamine the idea of progress that we tie to the evolution of industrial agriculture over the last 200 years. Examination of this period …	Jim Handy	8	2022	$0.80 Add
NEW! Tiny Engines of Abundance A History of Peasant Productivity and Repression Fernwood Publishing	This book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, …	Jim Handy	157	2022	View