| Preface | xi |
| Introduction: The World of the Huasicanchinos | 1 |
1 | Forms of Struggle | 11 |
| Livelihood and Resistance | 11 |
| Cross-Disciplinary Studies of the Peasantry | 18 |
2 | Domination and Disguise: Transformations in Community Institutions | 29 |
| Community Institutions in Huasicancha 1960-1972 | 31 |
| Hacienda Use of Community Institutions | 36 |
| "La Nacion Huanca" | 38 |
| "El Imperio Inca" | 44 |
| The Emergence of the Highland Hacienda System | 48 |
| From estancia to hacienda; from cancha to "Pueblo de los Indios" | 50 |
| Growing Lines of Distinction | 52 |
| The Early Years of the Republic | 56 |
| Conclusion | 57 |
3 | The Growth of a Culture of Opposition 1850-1947 | 59 |
| From Mobilization to Rebellion 1850-1899 | 61 |
| The Pre-War Situation | 61 |
| The War and Its Aftermath | 67 |
| The Response to Hacienda Expansion 1900-1947 | 77 |
| The Social Relations of Hacienda Production 1900-1920 | 77 |
| The Social Relations of Petty Production 1900-1947 | 84 |
| 1900 to 1920 | 85 |
| 1920 to 1947 | 90 |
4 | Making a Living | 96 |
| The Institutionalization of Migration | 96 |
| Early Days | 96 |
| The Receiving Areas from 1948 to 1960 | 99 |
| The Sending Community from 1948 to 1960 | 100 |
| The "Canchas" | 102 |
| The "Huasis" | 103 |
| The Variety of Enterprises Today: the Locations | 104 |
| Huancayo | 104 |
| Lima | 105 |
| Huasicancha | 108 |
5 | Ghostly Figures Outside the Domain of Political Economy | 112 |
| Victor and Juana Hinostrosa's Domestic Enterprise | 117 |
| Mauro and Guillermina Hinostrosa's Domestic Enterprise | 121 |
| Grimaldo and Angelina Pomayay's Domestic Enterprise | 127 |
| Eulogio and Eufresenia Ramos's Domestic Enterprise | 132 |
| Urbano and Paulina Llacua's Domestic Enterprise | 144 |
6 | Commodification and Culture | 155 |
| The Implications of Commodification and Formal Subsumption | 160 |
| Limitations to the Commodification of Production Relations | 163 |
| Conclusion | 167 |
7 | The Land Recuperation Campaign, 1930 to the Present | 169 |
| Initiatives Early in the Century | 171 |
| La Falda Invasion | 174 |
| The National Context | 174 |
| The Local Situation | 176 |
| La Pampa Invasion | 181 |
| The National Context and the Changing Local Resource Base | 183 |
| The Local Situation | 184 |
| La Puna Invasion | 194 |
| The Reawakening of the Campaign | 196 |
| The Realignment of Forces, Within and Without | 198 |
| Political Perspectives Arising from the Heterogeneity of Enterprises | 205 |
| The Momentum of Discourse and Increased Participation | 207 |
| Strategy and Tactics | 211 |
| "La Reivindicacion de Nuestras Tierras" | 214 |
| Conclusion | 215 |
8 | Class Consciousness and Culture | 218 |
| The Facets of Experience | 222 |
| The Role of Structure, Political Engagement and Discourse: an Example | 229 |
| Local Knowledge | 234 |
| Notes | 237 |
| Glossary | 257 |
| Bibliography | 261 |
| Index | 273 |