The People of the Plain

by David D. Gilmore

Diverging from previous ethnographic studies of Spain that have limited themselves primarily to tiny mountain villages, Gilmore focuses on class relations and traditional culture in Fuenmayor, an Andalusian farming town of 8,000, to provide a greater understanding of complex societies. Unlike studies focused on homogeneous villages, Gilmore's study depicts a rural life characterized by class antagonism, political polorization, and occasional violence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231047541
• ISBN13: 9780231047548
• Release Date: October 1980
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher