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
