Only time will tell whether bookstores will go the way of Blockbuster ( BBI), Hollywood Video, et al, which have been forced to shrink or close bricks and mortar stores in the face of new technology and distribution.
Unlike many others who had focused on agriculture when they studied peasants, Dunham saw the peasant industries as a survival strategy where generalists could move from plowing to making bricksor repairing bicycles, weeding or making batik cloth or running a roadside stall as demand shifted.