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Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World

Patrick Joyce

A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time. Joyce brings in stories of individuals as well as places, including his own family, and looks at how peasants and their ways of life have been memorialized in photographs, literature, and in museums

HistoryHistory · medium confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality

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Cundill History PrizeMajor2024LonglistSecondary source
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