Peasants (Record no. 72402)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781526654786
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Brijwasi Book Distributors
Distributor address : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.563 ASL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Aslany, Maryam.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Peasants
Remainder of title : Makers of the Modern World.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Maryam Aslany.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2026.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 333p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 559
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 'A story so rich and revealing it is reminiscent of Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Roads' NEW ZEALAND HERALD<br/><br/>Four crops, three continents, two billion lives: this is the hidden world that we all depend upon for survival. And it’s under threat.<br/><br/>For centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society: feeding empires, leading revolutions, building modern states. Industrial modernity forced them into the shadows, replaced in our imagination by machines and megafarms. But the elimination of the peasantry is a myth. Today, peasants make up roughly a quarter of humanity. They underpin the global economy, stabilise food systems and protect fragile ecosystems. Peasants hold up the modern world, yet their labour and voices have been hidden in plain sight – until now.<br/><br/>In this landmark book, Maryam Aslany restores the peasantry to the centre of our global story. She embarks on an epic journey across three continents into some of the most remote places on earth – from India’s sugarcane fields to Cambodia’s rice plains, Peru’s cocaine valleys and Ghana’s cocoa belt – travelling deep into the landscapes where global supply chains begin. Here, she uncovers the lives behind some of the world’s most vital commodities. She speaks to farmers, migrant labourers and traffickers. Men driven to extremism or suicide by failing livelihoods, and women forced to bear the burden of agricultural labour. Families on the brink of survival.<br/><br/>As our demand for cheap goods intensifies, our most vital and innovative workforce is being driven towards collapse. The consequences are already starting to show: food insecurity, mass migration, ecological collapse. Far from being a relic of our past, the peasantry is essential to our future.<br/><br/>Blending personal stories with on-the-ground reporting and pioneering new research, Peasants is a far-reaching yet intimate portrait of the world in four crops – sugarcane, rice, coca and cocoa – and an urgent reminder that the story of the countryside is the story of us all.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Modern World
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Peasants
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Story
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Maryam Aslany.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 09/11/2026 Brijwasi Book Distributors 559.00   305.563 ASL 31977 09/11/2026 09/11/2026 Books
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