Peasant societies, though very
numerous, can be defined in various ways, depending on what scope you are
looking through. This author omits fishers, hunters, gatherers, and pastoral
groups as well as what he calls farmers. The groups that he places in the
peasant category don’t all fall into the same category, which he goes on to say
is indicative of culture. Anthropologists aren’t looking to define certain
groups, but rather a general, all-encompassing group the generally defines all
of them. Each group has their own variations, their own gradations between
peasants, towns-people, frontiersmen, and rural indigenous groups. These groups
don’t fall into the average, but as a whole they can be used to define man and
civilization.
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