1. The setting and fieldwork -- 2. The background: prewar society -- The class division in the prewar community -- The gentleman complex -- Interclass relations -- The notables as "brokers" -- The second republic and civil war -- 3. Benabarre in the rural revolution -- Industrial development in Spain -- The rural exodus -- The crisis of the small proprietor -- Metropolitan culture and the urban impulse -- The new economy -- 4. The changing class structure -- Social levelling -- The rural bourgeoisie -- Social withdrawal of the notables -- The new middle class -- The traditional farmers -- The skilled trades -- 5. The village and the outside world -- City-village social ties -- Urban-rural reciprocity -- Extra-community networks: political implications -- Influential Hijos del Pueblo -- Institutions and networks -- The character of village government -- 6. Conclusions: Balance sheet on modernization -- Loss of community -- The economic and political dimension -- Final remarks