{"product_id":"the-nation-in-the-village-the-genesis-of-peasant-national-identity-in-austrian-poland-1848-1914-hardcover","title":"The Nation in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland, 1848-1914 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeely Stauter-Halsted\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 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 to the eve of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years immediately after emancipation, Polish-speaking peasants were more apt to identify with the Austrian Emperor and the Catholic Church than with their Polish lords or the middle classes of the Galician capital, Cracow. Yet by the end of the century, Polish-speaking peasants would cheer, \"Long live Poland\" and celebrate the centennial of the peasant-fueled insurrection in defense of Polish independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe explanation for this shift, Stauter-Halsted says, is the symbiosis that developed between peasant elites and upper-class reformers. She reconstructs this difficult, halting process, paying particular attention to public life and conflicts within the rural communities themselves. The author's approach is at once comparative and interdisciplinary, drawing from literature on national identity formation in Latin America, China, and Western Europe. \u003ci\u003eThe Nation in the Village\u003c\/i\u003e combines anthropology, sociology, and literary criticism with economic, social, cultural, and political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeely Stauter-Halsted is Professor of History and Stefan \u0026amp; Lucy Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Chain: Prostitution and Social Control in Partitioned Poland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland, 1848-1914\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131413434503,"sku":"9780801438448","price":111.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/51b5b3d9f3399f64349a9be8d2044b2f.webp?v=1732618763","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-nation-in-the-village-the-genesis-of-peasant-national-identity-in-austrian-poland-1848-1914-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}