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Abstract
This article describes the transformation in Turkey of an independent peasantry under greater market integration. It is argued that in addition to capitalist farming, which only constitutes a geographically specific development path, petty commodity production in Turkish agriculture may be analysed through three distinct transformation trajectories. These trajectories are described by means of village case histories; then each development tendency is analysed within its articulation into the larger economic unit. The discussion aims at illustrating the potential variation in petty production under the domination of capitalism.
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Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13901, USA.
This paper was originally written as an interim report of a research project on agricultural development and seasonal migration. The project was made possible through funding from the Population Council. My thanks are due to colleagues who participated in the project and others who were kind enough to comment. I would like to mention in particular, B. Aksit, T. Asad, H. Bernstein, F. Birtek, R. Owen, D. Seddon, T. Shanin, F. Shorter, and the editors of this journal.