Cooperative Work in a Northern Portuguese Village

Cooperative Work in a Northern Portuguese Village

Participant observation & historical data from a Ru village in Vinhais Province, northeastern Portugal, are analyzed to assess the egalitarian character of cooperative work practices in that area. The organization of free reciprocal work & of corn harvesting & threshing is detailed, noti...

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Published in:Análise social Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 7 - 34
Main Author: O'Neill, Brian Juan
Format: Journal Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: 01-01-1982
Subjects:
Cooperative/Cooperatives
Portugal/Portuguese
Village/Villages/Villagers
Work/Works/Working
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Summary:Participant observation & historical data from a Ru village in Vinhais Province, northeastern Portugal, are analyzed to assess the egalitarian character of cooperative work practices in that area. The organization of free reciprocal work & of corn harvesting & threshing is detailed, noting the absence of overt stratification in task sharing. A review of late nineteenth-century parish & tax records demonstrates the former dominance of three quasi-seigneurial families in the village. Hypotheses concerning the transition from such a hierarchical to an egalitarian structure are considered. Methods of expanding the study to other cooperatively based Iberian villages are suggested. 2 Tables, 1 Map, Appendix. Modified HA.
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ISSN:0003-2573