Barter and Non-Monetary Exchanges of Labor in a Highland Peruvian Community

摘要

The study examines the role that barter and non-monetary exchanges of labor play in the production system of peasants living in the Central Andes of Peru. It should be possible to better understand the peasant's subsistence system by examining the total production system within its socioeconomic context. The issue of barter and non-monetary exchanges of labor was approached from the theoretical standpoint of the articulation of modes of production. The peasant community is viewed as representing a non-capitalist mode of production and the larger Peruvian economy as a capitalist mode of production. The data for the study was collected over a six month period in 1984. Aramachay, the study community was located in the Mantaro Valley, some 300 kilometers east of Lima, the capital of Peru.