The Butterfly Caste: A Social History of Pellagra in the South

This article explores fascist mobilization in Romania on a regional and local level. Focusing on the south-western Romanian county of Rîmnicu Vâlcea it combines qualitative analysis with the quantitative analysis of approximately 1,350 members of the Legionary Movement. Vâlcea provides an example of a district which was not a fascist stronghold: the fascist leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu failed to establish a stable organizational network. Only when the local bishop actively supported small circles of young village intellectuals did fascist mobilization gain momentum. The overwhelming peasant majority of members joined the movement rather late (1937). This article concludes that there were differences between village intellectuals who believed in an ideological community of creed and peasant members who strove for social revolution.

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Review: Pride of the South: A Social History of Southern Architecture by Wayne Andrews

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians ◽

10.2307/989550 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 336-337

Author(s):

Catherine W. Bishir

Keyword(s):

Social History ◽

The South ◽

History Of

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Towards a Social History of the Vietnamese Southward Movement

Journal of Southeast Asian History ◽

10.1017/s0217781100003598 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 12-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Michael G. Cotter

Keyword(s):

Social History ◽

Tenth Century ◽

Major Theme ◽

Social Changes ◽

Colonial History ◽

The South ◽

Vietnamese History ◽

History Of ◽

French Colonial ◽

The Subject

The advance to the South, or Nam-tien, is a major theme of Vietnamese history. Other themes, such as the influence of Chinese civilization or the development of an independent Vietnamese state after the tenth century, are in their ways just as important to the study of Vietnamese history as is the Nam-tien. The Nam-tien is unique, however, for it transcends the different periods in Vietnamese history — pre-Chinese, Chinese, independent, colonial, and contemporary — each with its own theme. It is also important because it provides the opportunity to study Vietnamese history on its own themes and not as part of, for example, French colonial history. Despite the importance which this writer believes it to be, though, the advance to the South has not been the subject of extensive investigation and publication. Only a few scholars, such as Pierre Gourou and Le Thanh Khoi, have looked beyond the usual framework of dates, dynasties, and wars to suggest the existence of social changes in Vietnamese history resulting from the expansion of settlements into new areas.

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