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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788388303321

Autore

Robertson A. F

Titolo

Mieres reborn : the reinvention of a Catalan community / / A. F. Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-8173-8597-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

946/.19

Soggetti

Ethnology - Spain - Mieres

Rural-urban migration - Spain - Mieres

Rural renewal - Spain - Mieres

Rural development - Spain - Mieres

Mieres (Spain) Rural conditions

Mieres (Spain) Social conditions

Mieres (Spain) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The End of History; Chapter 2: Dreams and Reawakenings; Chapter 3: Resurrection; Chapter 4: Rebirth; Chapter 5: New Livelihoods; Chapter 6: Conviviality; Chapter 7: Civic Rejuvenation; Chapter 8: Rebuilding Mieres; Chapter 9: Imagining Change; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mieres Reborn reveals how patient observation and an analysis of one small community have much to tell us about human progress more generally. Not long ago Mieres, a village in the eastern foothills of the Pyrenees, seemed destined to die. As in countless thousands of rural communities around the world, young people in Mieres over the years have moved to the towns and cities, leaving behind abandoned fields and meadows, derelict houses, and their aging and disconsolate parents and grandparents. Close observation of this social microcosm over two decades reveals the capacity of ordinary.