Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières /
"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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191677533 0191677531 9786610801763 6610801762 |