Peasant Capitalist Industry examines the handmade brick industry that originated and is concentrated in a handful of communities near Oaxaca City including Santa Lucia del Camino and Santa Cruz Amilpas. Scott Cook provides a comprehensive analysis of the brick plants (ladrilleras) which are privately owned and operated by individuals in the manufacturing communities who also are engaged in agriculture, either directly or with hired workers. Brick plant owners may or may not actually work as brick makers but all of them are engaged in the business as employers of pieceworkers (destajistas or mileros), and also as sellers of brick. Peasant Capitalist Industry contains detailed information about all aspects of brick manufacturing and marketing in the Oaxaca Valley industry. It also includes case studies of pieceworker and owner-worker household enterprises.
- ISBN10 0819143219
- ISBN13 9780819143211
- Publish Date 30 October 1984 (first published 4 October 1984)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English