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Author Brass, Tom, 1946-

Title Class, Culture and the Agrarian Myth.

Publication Info. Leiden : BRILL, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (459 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Studies in critical social sciences.
Contents Class, Culture and the Agrarian Myth; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables and Photographs; Introduction; Part 1: Culture, Tradition and Modernity; 1. Cultural Struggle 'From Below'; 2. Cultural Struggle 'From Above'; 3. Development Caught between Tradition and Modernity; Part 2: Screen Images of Rural Struggle; 4. Horror, Humour, Fiends and Fools; 5. Best of Friends, or Worst of Enemies?; Part 3: Culture, Class Struggle and Travel; 6. The Grand Tour, or from Cosmopolitanism to Nationalism; 7. Mass Tourism, or the Mob-in-the-Streets Travels Abroad.
8. Venice -- Being ThereConclusion; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index.
Summary Using examples from different historical contexts, this book examines the relationship between class, nationalism, modernity and the agrarian myth.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Subject Peasants -- Social conditions.
Peasants -- Social conditions.
Peasants.
Rural conditions.
Rural conditions.
Social classes.
Social classes.
Culture conflict -- Political aspects.
Culture conflict -- Political aspects.
Culture conflict.
Culture conflict in motion pictures.
Culture conflict in motion pictures.
Culture conflict in literature.
Culture conflict in literature.
Travel writing -- History.
Travel writing.
History.
Agriculture and politics.
Agriculture and politics.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Capitalism -- Philosophy.
Capitalism -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Brass, Tom. Class, Culture and the Agrarian Myth. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 9789004259973
ISBN 9789004273948 (electronic book)
9004273948 (electronic book)
9789004259973
900425997X hardback acid-free paper