{"product_id":"unraveled-elizabeth-krause-9780520258495","title":"Unraveled: A Weaver's Tale of Life Gone Modern","description":"Deftly bridging literary conventions, this compelling work exposes the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Krause combines novelistic and ethnographic techniques to illuminate population dynamics that have raised alarm across Europe and the United States, and manifested, for example, in Italy's extremely low birthrate. But what actually motivates people to have fewer children? Krause turns to the evocative story of one woman, Emilia Raugei, who was born in a Tuscan hill town in 1920 and worked as a straw weaver in a rapidly globalizing economy, to better understand this question. Based on extensive fieldwork, including indepth conversations with Emilia herself, Krause draws on her rich and unconventional memories to create an engaging portrait of life in a rural village during Mussolini's rise to power-it is a tale of migration, love and loss, political turmoil, and the struggle to make a living during hard times. Giving voice to a largely silent history that is at once local and global, \u003ci\u003eUnraveled: A Weaver's Tale of Life Gone Modern \u003c\/i\u003ewill challenge us to find innovative approaches to understanding the transformative shift to a modern way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Krause\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520258495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520258495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Elizabeth Krause","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056216109311,"sku":"9780520258495","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49fdabb2-7769-46cc-8837-69f3d9d39e9c.jpg?v=1685040138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unraveled-elizabeth-krause-9780520258495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}