Remembering peasants : a personal history of a vanished world
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Stone Memorial Library
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-367) and index.
Description
"A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time. For over the past century and a half, and still more rapidly in the last seventy years, the world has become increasingly urban, and the peasant way of life-the dominant way of life for humanity since agriculture began well over 6,000 years ago-is disappearing. In this new history of peasantry, social historian Patrick Joyce aims to tell the story of this lost world and its people, and how we can commemorate their way of life. In one sense, this is a global history, ambitious in scope, taking us from the urbanization of the early 19th century to the present day. But more specifically, Joyce's focus is the demise of the European peasantry and of their rites, traditions, and beliefs. Alongside this he brings in stories of individuals as well as places, including his own family, and looks at how peasants and their ways of life have been memorialized in photographs, literature, and in museums. Joyce explores a people whose voice is vastly underrepresented in human history and is usually mediated through others. And now peasants are vanishing in one of the greatest historical transformations of our time. Enlightening, timely, and vitally important, this book commemorates an extraordinary culture whose impact on history-and the future-remains profoundly relevant"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Joyce, P. (2024). Remembering peasants: a personal history of a vanished world (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Patrick, 1945-. 2024. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Patrick, 1945-. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World Scribner, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Patrick. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2024.
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