Rise From Want : a Peasant Family in the Machine Age /

Rise From Want explores the ways in which a family of poor peasants from the Karst plateau above Trieste, Italy, lived through the great changes brought about by industrialization and modernization.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, James C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Žužek family.
Peasants > Slovenia > Case studies.
Paysannerie > Slovénie > Études de cas.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Economic history.
Peasants.
Social conditions.
Karst (Slovenia and Italy : Region) > Social conditions.
Karst (Slovenia and Italy : Region) > Economic conditions.
Karst (Slovénie et Italie : Région) > Conditions sociales.
Karst (Slovénie et Italie : Région) > Conditions économiques.
Europe > Karst Region.
Slovenia.
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps, Illustrations, and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Serfs' Niches
  • 2 Bare Survival
  • 3 The Waning of the Old Order
  • 4 Ripple Effects
  • 5 Surplus People
  • 6 A Peasant in the Machine Age
  • 7 Slots for Proletarians
  • 8 Becoming Modern
  • 9 Costs of War
  • 10 Tarnished Miracle
  • A Suggestion About the Larger Picture
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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