Other similarities are that villagers had ideas significantly at odds with the elite‐domianted order about how land should be used and by whom, a common thread being that priority should go to those most in need of a livelihood; resistance comes first at the level of ideas and in small, ...
1.to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use. 2.to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc. 3.to bring back to a more positive or wholesome way of life; rescue or reform. ...
, 1993 . ‘Claiming the Land: Take-Overs by Villagers in the Philippines with Comparisons to Indonesia, Peru, Portugal, and Russia’ . Journal of Peasant Studies , 20 (April): 459 – 93 .Kerkvliet,Benedict J. Tria."Claiming the Land:Take-overs by Villagers in the Philippines with ...