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

  • Date Published: August 2004
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521522588

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  • 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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    • Date Published: August 2004
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521522588
    • length: 392 pages
    • dimensions: 230 x 152 x 26 mm
    • weight: 0.6kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    List of plates, maps, figures and tables
    Acknowledgements
    List of abbreviations
    Introduction
    1. The regional context
    2. The rural economy
    3. Social structure and organisation
    4. An enfolding culture
    5. The burden of the past
    6. The crystallisation of new traditions
    7. The democratic challenge
    8. The sources of political allegiance
    9. Admission to the polity
    10. Politicisation in traditional societies
    Bibliography
    Index.

  • Author

    P. M. Jones

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