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Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières

Title: Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières / Peter McPhee.
Author: McPhee, Peter, 1948-
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description

vii, 272 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In the forty years after the Revolution of 1789, the peasants and former seigneurs of the isolated and arid region of the Corbieres, in southern Languedoc, fought a protracted battle over the consequences of revolutionary change.
Central to this conflict was control of the rough hillsides or garrigues used as sheep pastures, which the poorer peasantry seized and cleared."--Jacket.
"Professor McPhee's book highlights two significant new perspectives on the Revolution of 1789.
First, the actions of poorer peasants in massive land-clearance occasioned an impassioned debate about the environmental consequences of uncontrolled tree-felling.
Secondly, much of the cleared land was used for vineyards, suggesting the importance of far-reaching changes initiated by the poorest sections of the community."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. 'Cette miserable contree: The Corbieres in the 1780s -- 2. 'Vassaux plus puissants que des Rois': The Revolution of 1789-1790 -- 3. 'Un peu de peur bien meritee': Peasant Revolution, 1790-1792.
4. 'Je verse des larmes de sang': Defending the Revolution, 1793-1795 -- 5. 'Cette rage de defricher': The Battle Over the Rural Environment, 1790-1800.
6. 'L'avidite' de jouir': Social Reaction and the War on the Clearers, 1800-1830 -- 7. 'Une veritable fureur de plantation': The Transformation of the Rural Economy, 1789-1830 -- 8. 'Dur, fier et ardent': Murder in Villeseque, 1830.
Conclusion: Revolution and Memory.

ISBN

LCCN

98051333

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Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library