Anthropology and History in Franche-Comté

A Critique of Social Theory

By:

Robert Layton

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Hardback

Series:

Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology

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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is a study of continuity and change in rural France based on fieldwork carried out over a period of 25 years, and on historical documents spanning more than 300 years.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-Comté 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.

Author Biography:

Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham

Release date Australia

December 21st, 2000

Author

Robert Layton

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

21 halftones, 17 figures

Pages

406

Series

Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology

Dimensions

164x243x27

ISBN-13

9780199241996

Product ID

1856994

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