INTRODUCTION ~ Recognizing Rusticity, Gerald W. Creed, Barbara Ching; Chapter 1 ~ Rurality and “Racial” Landscapes in Trinidad, Aisha Khan; Chapter 2 ~ “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?”, William J. Maxwell; Chapter 3 ~ “Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away?”, Aaron A. Fox; Chapter 4 ~ “Campesinos” and “Tecnicos”, Marc Edelman; Chapter 5 ~ Class, Gender, and the Rural in James Joyce's “The Dead”, Elizabeth A. Sheehan; Chapter 6 ~ The Roman du Terroir au Feminin in Quebec, Beatrice Guenther; Chapter 7 ~ Rurality, Rusticity, and Contested Identity Politics in Brittany, DavidMaynard; Chapter 8 ~ The Rise and Fall of “Peasantry” as a Culturally Constructed National Elite in Israel, Susan H.Lees; Chapter 9 ~ The Alpine Landscape in Australian Mythologies of Ecology and Nation, MichEle D. Dominy; CONTRIBUTORS; Index;