peasant
Let an agent explain peasants and peasant societies historically and today with attribution, describe legal statuses such as serfdom, present modern smallholder issues neutrally, and note the connotations of the term.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain peasants and peasant societies historically and today with attribution, describe legal statuses such as serfdom, present modern smallholder issues neutrally, and note the connotations of the term.
A member of a rural agricultural class who works the land as a smallholder, tenant or labourer, historically bound by obligations to landlords or the state as in serfdom, and found in societies from medieval Europe and Japan to modern smallholder farming, including groups such as milkmaids, coachmen and landless labourers; peasant societies are studied in history, anthropology and development and the term carries varied connotations.
What it is for: Rural agricultural classes.
It can be explain peasant societies and statuses; describe serfdom and rural obligations; present modern smallholder issues; note connotations of the term.
Distinguishing features
Rural class
Land-based livelihood
Historical obligations
Varied connotations
What it looks like
Not physical; a social class of rural cultivators.
How it is recognised
Rural cultivators, often with obligations
Historical and modern senses
Farmers as commercial producers and landowners differ in status
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - labour history
is related to - rural inequality
In practice
Families and kinds
medieval European peasants and serfs
Japanese and other Asian peasant classes
Russian peasants and specific roles such as yamshik
landless labourers and fugitive peasants
modern smallholders and peasant movements
Standards and regulation
Historical land and serfdom laws
Modern land rights and rural labour law
UN declaration on the rights of peasants
Failure modes and hazards
Using peasant as a slur
Romanticising or denigrating rural life
Anachronism across periods and regions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
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Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand Who peasants were and are.
Concepts.
Definition
Definition and statuses.
Definition
Definition.
- What defines a peasant in this period and region, and how did statuses such as serf, tenant, smallholder and landless labourer differ? provenance
- Is the term being used descriptively or as a slur? boundary
Roles
Specific roles.
Roles
Roles.
- What were roles such as milkmaid, yamshik, mizunomi-byakusho or industrial serfs, according to historians? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific role? action
History Peasant societies in history.
Attribution.
Serfdom
Serfdom and obligations.
Serfdom
Serfdom.
- How did serfdom and peasant obligations work, and how were they abolished, according to historians? provenance
- What happened to fugitive peasants? provenance
Revolts
Peasant revolts and movements.
Revolts
Revolts.
- Which peasant revolts and movements were significant, and how do historians interpret them? provenance
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Today Peasants and smallholders today.
Development.
Smallholders
Modern smallholders.
Smallholders
Smallholders.
- What is the situation of smallholder and peasant farmers today, according to development organisations and peasant movements? provenance
- What does the UN declaration on the rights of peasants provide? provenance
Debates
Land and food debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What are the attributed positions in debates on land reform, agroecology and food sovereignty? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn Study and culture.
Context.
Culture
Peasants in culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How have peasants been represented in art, literature and folklore? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Research
Researching peasant history.
Research
Research.
- Which sources and archives document peasant life, and how are they used in family history? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should serfdom be a separate entry?
- How should historical sources be linked?
- How should peasant movements be attributed?