List of Illustrations
Introduction
The Place
The People
The Past
The Project
Chapter 1. The End of History
The Bench
La Misèria
War, Factionalism, and Cultural Suppression
School and the Generation without History
Aftermath: Truth and Reconciliation?
Chapter 2. Dreams and Reawakenings
Pairalisme: The Romance of the Catalan Farm
Landlords, Tenants, and Laborers
The Doctor and the Author
Village and Nation: The History Struggle
Chapter 3. Resurrection
Generating History: Time, Feelings, and Meanings
The Agony of the Dolors
Religion and Culture
Chapter 4. Rebirth
Hippies and Neorurals
Intercanvi: The Ecstasy of the Swap-Meet
Teaching Catalan History
Springtime: Discovering Mieres
Chapter 5. New Livelihoods
Strings
Communications
Making a Living Today
Chapter 6. Conviviality
Insiders and Outsiders
Family Ties
Neighbors and the Ethics of Association
Eating and Bonding
Chapter 7. Civic Rejuvenation
The Festa Major
Politics
Rituals of Planning
Chapter 8. Rebuilding Mieres
The Dynamism of House and Home
The Agony of the Stones
Regeneration or Sterile Growth?
Chapter 9. Imagining Change
Visions of the Future
Regeneration Writ Small and Large
Notes
References
Index