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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, A. F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Spain--Mieres.

Ethnology.

Rural-urban migration--Spain--Mieres.

Rural-urban migration.

Rural renewal--Spain--Mieres.

Rural renewal.

Rural development--Spain--Mieres.

Rural development.

Mieres (Spain)--Rural conditions.

Mieres (Spain).

Mieres (Spain)--Social conditions.

Mieres (Spain)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8597-5

OCLC:

779828678