Anthropology › Section J · Human migration › Topic J.3
Peasantry and urbanization
Most people in history were peasants, small cultivators tied to towns and states that took a share of what they grew. Their move into cities, one of the great migrations of the last century, is still under way, and anthropologists have followed it from village fields to urban neighbourhoods.
In this topic
- Who are peasants?
- Little and great traditions
- Worked example: Tepoztlán studied twice
- Closed and open communities
- How peasant households decide
- From village to city
- An urbanising world
- Worked example: one world, two counts
- Migrants in the city
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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