Mieres reborn [[electronic resource] ] : the reinvention of a Catalan community / / A. F. Robertson

• Autore: Robertson A. F
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 946/.19
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Spain - Mieres; Rural-urban migration - Spain - Mieres; Rural renewal - Spain - Mieres; Rural development - Spain - Mieres
• Soggetto geografico: Mieres (Spain) Rural conditions; Mieres (Spain) Social conditions; Mieres (Spain) Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mieres reborn
• ISBN: 0-8173-8597-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463528003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II