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Politics in the Rural Society: The Southern Massif Central c.1750-1880

By P. M. Jones

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780511562662, 0521522587, 0521257972, 0511562667, 9780521257978, 9780521522588
LCC
HN438.M36 J66 1985
Open Library ID
OL2858703M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3020595 bytes)
Pages
392\389
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is a study of rural society, with particular reference to the peasantry. It focuses on an area of France which is defined as the southern Massif Central, the four departments forming the southern perimeter of the highland plateau of central France, and spans a century which marked the apogee of peasant civilisation in this region and which witnessed the revolutions of 1789 and 1848. The book adopts a broadly cultural definition of the peasantry, and offers a comprehensive account of the rhythms of rural life over some three or four generations. However, the main emphasis is on the political responses of the peasantry in an age of revolutionary experimentation with democratic institutions. As such the book is a social history of political behaviour at the grass roots.

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