Originally published in 1991, the focus of the contributions in this book is the relationships between rurality and small-scale production, particularly in Europe.

Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore

1. Artisan or Entrepreneur? Refashioning Rural Production Sarah Whatmore, Philip Lowe and Terry Marsden 2. Theoretical Issues in the Continuity of Petty Commodity Production Terry Marsden 3. Agriculture and Diffused Manufacturing in the Terza Italia: A Tuscan Case Study Raffaele Paloscia 4. Small-Scale Brewing and Rural Livelihoods: The Case of chicha in Bolivia Colin Sage 5. Rediscovering Small-Scale Enterprise in Hungary Imre Kovlach 6. Populism and Petit Capitalism in Rural Ireland Chris Curtin and Tony Varley 7. The Politics of Rural Enterprise: A British Case Study Susan Boucher, Andrew Flynn, and Philip Lowe.