Why is it important to study peasants?

a. They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition.
b. They are the poorest people in the world.
c. They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest.
d. They are the largest social category in the world.
e. They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world.


ANSWER: d

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