Class, Culture and the Agrarian Myth -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Photographs -- Introduction -- Part 1: Culture, Tradition and Modernity -- 1. Cultural Struggle 'From Below' -- 2. Cultural Struggle 'From Above' -- 3. Development Caught between Tradition and Modernity -- Part 2: Screen Images of Rural Struggle -- 4. Horror, Humour, Fiends and Fools -- 5. Best of Friends, or Worst of Enemies? -- Part 3: Culture, Class Struggle and Travel -- 6. The Grand Tour, or from Cosmopolitanism to Nationalism -- 7. Mass Tourism, or the Mob-in-the-Streets Travels Abroad -- 8. Venice - Being There -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index.