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A country-dweller engaged in small-scale
farming. A peasant mormally owns or rents a
small amount of land, aiming to be
self-sufficent and to sell surplus supplies
locally. In the UK, the move towards larger
farms in the 18th century resulted in the
disappearance of the independent peasantry,
although the custom survives in smallholdings
and Scottish crofts. Landowners in countries
such as France, Spain, and Italy showed less
direct interest in agriculture, so the
tradition of small independent landholding
remains a distinctive way of life today.