Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-428) and indexes
Introduction -- Part 1. Culture, tradition and modernity -- Cultural struggle "from below" -- Cultural struggle "from above" -- Development caught between tradition and modernity -- Part 2. Screen images of rural struggle -- Horror, humour, fiends and fools -- Best of friends, or worst of enemies? -- Part 3. Culture, class struggle and travel -- The Grand Tour, or From cosmopolitanism to nationalism -- Mass tourism, or The mob-in-the-streets travels abroad -- Venice : being there -- Conclusion