TY - BOOK
T1 - Integrating the Rural World
T2 - Economy, Society and Politics in Central and South-Eastern Europe, 1848–1939
A2 - Radu, Sorin
A2 - Iordachi, Constantin
A2 - Buruiană, Ovidiu
A2 - Sora, Andrei Florin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The authors / Amsterdam University Press B.V. | Central European University Press, 2026.
PY - 2026/8
Y1 - 2026/8
N2 - This volume focuses on how the national elites in Central and South-Eastern Europe perceived the peasantry during the process of building the modern state and democratic political systems. The central theme of the discussion is the integration of peasants into the political system, with the aim of transforming them from the dependent subjects of various public figures to active citizens. The politicization of the rural world, in terms of increasing peasants’ participation in public affairs and their identification with ideas concerning the “common good,” was integral to the modern transformation of societies in these regions. The studies in this volume examine the relationship between the peasantry and central and local state institutions, such as the administration, schools and the army; associations of all kinds; and social figures, including intellectuals, teachers, local notables and priests, who sought to uplift the rural world as part of the modernization agenda.
AB - This volume focuses on how the national elites in Central and South-Eastern Europe perceived the peasantry during the process of building the modern state and democratic political systems. The central theme of the discussion is the integration of peasants into the political system, with the aim of transforming them from the dependent subjects of various public figures to active citizens. The politicization of the rural world, in terms of increasing peasants’ participation in public affairs and their identification with ideas concerning the “common good,” was integral to the modern transformation of societies in these regions. The studies in this volume examine the relationship between the peasantry and central and local state institutions, such as the administration, schools and the army; associations of all kinds; and social figures, including intellectuals, teachers, local notables and priests, who sought to uplift the rural world as part of the modernization agenda.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105046342081
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:105046342081
SN - 9789633869383
T3 - Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
BT - Integrating the Rural World
PB - Central European University Press
ER -