De campesinos a franceses
la modernización del mundo rural (1870-1914)
Weber, Eugen
How is a nation built? This revolutionary study by Eugen Weber, originally published in 1976 but never translated into Spanish until now, offers an illuminating answer to that question through the case of France, considered the most complete example of enduring national identity over time. Weber demonstrates that, one hundred years after the Revolution, millions of peasants, who made up more than half of the population, continued to lead the same lives as their ancestors, with limited and superficial contact with the rest of the country. Starting from small facts, from the details of people's lives (the linguistic clash between French and the various Patois, popular festivals, the role of music, reading and the press, the bed habits of the young people...), Weber gives shape to a monumental and living work that revolutionized social history and nationalisms. He describes in an entertaining, documented and provocative way how a true civilizational crisis took place in France at the end of the 19th century, as traditional ideas and customs succumbed to the forces of modernization. Railways and roads were decisive factors, bringing hitherto distant and inaccessible regions closer to the markets and main centers of the modern world. Industrial production, for its part, made numerous peasant professions redundant, and the growing educational system taught not only the language of the dominant culture but also its values, including patriotism. By 1914, France was finally "La Patrie" in fact, and not just in name.
- Author
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Weber, Eugen
- Subject
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History
> History by countries
- EAN
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9788430625987
- ISBN
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978-84-306-2598-7
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
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Taurus
- Pages
- 800
- High
- 24.4 cm
- Weight
- 15.8 cm
- Release date
- 07-09-2023
- Language
- Spanish
- Series
- Taurus historia