{"product_id":"peasants-makers-of-modern-world-paperback","title":"Peasants: Makers Of Modern World (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA fascinating book, and a must-read' \u003c\/b\u003eTHOMAS\nPIKETTY\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Peasants \u003c\/i\u003eis not just an extraordinary debut, it is that most\nprecious rarity: an out-and-out masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e WILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A story\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eso rich and revealing it is reminiscent of Peter Frankopan's\n\u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e' NEW ZEALAND HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cu\u003eFour crops, three continents, two billion lives: this is the hidden world\nthat we all depend upon for survival. And it's under threat.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society: feeding empires,\nleading revolutions, building modern states. Industrial modernity forced them\ninto the shadows, replaced in our imagination by machines and megafarms. But\nthe elimination of the peasantry is a myth. Today, peasants make up roughly a\nquarter of humanity. They underpin the global economy, stabilise food systems\nand protect fragile ecosystems. Peasants hold up the modern world, yet their\nlabour and voices have been hidden in plain sight – until now.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this landmark book, Maryam Aslany restores the peasantry to the centre of\nour global story. She embarks on an epic journey across three continents into\nsome of the most remote places on earth – from India's sugarcane fields to\nCambodia's rice plains, Peru's cocaine valleys and Ghana's cocoa belt –\ntravelling deep into the landscapes where global supply chains begin. Here, she\nuncovers the lives behind some of the world's most vital commodities. She\nspeaks to farmers, migrant labourers and traffickers. Men driven to extremism\nor suicide by failing livelihoods, and women forced to bear the burden of\nagricultural labour. Families on the brink of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs our demand for cheap goods intensifies, our most vital and innovative\nworkforce is being driven towards collapse. The consequences are already\nstarting to show: food insecurity, mass migration, ecological collapse. Far\nfrom being a relic of our past, the peasantry is essential to our future.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlending personal stories with on-the-ground reporting and pioneering new\nresearch, \u003ci\u003ePeasants \u003c\/i\u003eis a far-reaching yet intimate portrait of the world\nin four crops – sugarcane, rice, coca and cocoa – and an urgent reminder that\nthe story of the countryside is the story of us all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Miraculous ... This is a major work, bound to ruffle feathers and stir\ndebate' \u003c\/b\u003eDAVID WENGROW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Totally entrancing, utterly fascinating' \u003c\/b\u003eED CONWAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryam Aslany’s \u003c\/b\u003ework focuses on the crisis of the\nglobal countryside. Over the last fourteen years, she has carried out field\nresearch among agricultural societies in some of the most remote landscapes of\nAsia, Africa and Latin America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Ca’\nFoscari University of Venice and a Research Associate at the African Studies\nCentre at the University of Oxford. She was previously a Junior Research Fellow\nat Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Research Fellow at the Peace Research\nInstitute Oslo. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eContested Capital,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarves\u003c\/i\u003et,\nan Audible podcast series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152491892943,"sku":"9781526654786","price":31.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_8d6fdbf5-b665-47fd-8bd6-c2745ec31186.jpg?v=1790228972","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/peasants-makers-of-modern-world-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}