The Nation in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland, 1848-1914

by Keely Stauter-Halsted

Book Overview

How do peasants come to think of themselves as members of a nation? The widely accepted argument is that national sentiment originates among intellectuals or urban middle classes, then "trickles down" to the working class and peasants. Keely Stauter-Halsted argues that such models overlook the independent contribution of peasant societies. She explores the complex case of the Polish peasants of Austrian Galicia, from the 1848 emancipation of the serfs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489962
• ISBN13: 9780801489969
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher