University of Minnesota Press Chapter Title: Front Matter Book Title: On the Rural Book Subtitle: Economy, Sociology, Geography Book Author(s): HENRI LEFEBVRE, MATTHEW DENNIS and SÎAN ROSA HUNTER DODSWORTH Book Editor(s): STUART ELDEN, ADAM DAVID MORTON Published by: University of Minnesota Press. (2022) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctv28vb1rn.1 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to On the Rural This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms ON THE RURAL Economy, Sociology, Geography HENRI LEFEBVRE STUART ELDEN and ADAM DAVID MORTON, Editors Translated by ROBERT BONONNO This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms On the Rural This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms On the Rural Economy, Sociology, Geography HENRI LEFEBVRE Edited by STUART ELDEN and ADAM DAVID MORTON Translated by ROBERT BONONNO with MATTHEW DENNIS and SÎAN ROSA HUNTER DODSWORTH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS MINNEAPOLIS • LONDON This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms The Publication History on pages 241– 43 gives original and previous publication history for the writings compiled in this book. Texts from Du rural à l’urbain by Henri Lefebvre copyright 1970, Éditions Économica. Copyright 2022 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401- 2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu ISBN 978-1 -5 179-0 468-5 (hc) ISBN 978-1 -5 179-0 469-2 (pb) A Cataloging- in- Publication record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal- opportunity educator and employer. 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms When we contemplate a field of wheat or maize, we are well aware that the furrows, the pattern of sowing, and the boundaries, be they hedges or wire fences, designate relations of production and property. — Henri Lefebvre, The Production of Space This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:01:18 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press Chapter Title: Table of Contents Book Title: On the Rural Book Subtitle: Economy, Sociology, Geography Book Author(s): HENRI LEFEBVRE, MATTHEW DENNIS and SÎAN ROSA HUNTER DODSWORTH Book Editor(s): STUART ELDEN, ADAM DAVID MORTON Published by: University of Minnesota Press. (2022) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctv28vb1rn.2 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University of Minnesota Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to On the Rural This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:02:10 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Contents F rom the Rural to the Urban and the Production of Space ix Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton Notes on Translation xlvii Acknowledgments li 1. Introduction to From the Rural to the Urban (1969) 1 2. Problems of Rural Sociology: The Peasant Community and Its Historical– Sociological Problems (1949) 17 3. Social Classes in Rural Areas: Tuscany and the Mezzadria Classica (1950) 37 4. Perspectives on Rural Sociology (1953) 59 5. Social Relations, Population Phenomena, and Labor Problems in the Agricultural Sector of Underdeveloped Countries (1954) 77 6. The Village Community (1956) 89 7. The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology (1956) 105 8. The Marxist– Leninist Theory of Ground Rent (1964) 115 This content downloaded from 128.83.214.15 on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:02:10 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms