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SH?RANG‐SOFLĀ: THE ECONOMICS OF A NORTHEAST IRANIAN VILLAGE *
Author(s) -
OKAZAKI SHŌKŌ
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.1969.tb00971.x
Subject(s) - cash crop , agricultural economics , agriculture , agricultural economy , cash , geography , capital (architecture) , economy , agricultural science , economics , archaeology , biology , finance
The village of Sh?‐Soflā, located in the Gorgān region of northeast Iran, has had its predominantly agricultural economy revolutionized over recent years by significant increases in the percentage of cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops planted by its peasants, paralleled by a tightening of the grip of commercial capital upon the small producer. In this paper, I propose to examine the impact of these revolutionizing changes upon the structure of the agricultural economy, using the material gathered during a field study of the village of Sh?rang‐Soflā carried out by the author in August of 1963.