Common Land, Wine and the French Revolution: Rural Society and Economy in Southern France, c.1789-1820

by Noelle Plack

Overview

Common Land, Wine and the French Revolution demonstrates the centrality of the Revolution and its aftermath to the lives of country people through a detailed analysis of legislative attempts to privatize common land in southern France, and the socio-economic and agricultural ramifications of this privatization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409480365
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	06/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Noelle Plack is Senior Lecturer in European History at Newman University College, Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: the French Revolution, the peasantry and village common land; Mise en scène - the department of the Gard; From liberal to radical revolution, 1789-1792; The Jacobin revolution, 1793; Post-1793: backlash and regularization; The Empire and beyond; The socio-economic impact of common land reform; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This is an insightful, very thoroughly researched and clearly written book which makes a notable contribution to the social and economic history of the French Revolution and its aftermath. Plack's case is compelling, that the revolutionary era had profound socio-economic consequences in southern France, questioning some of the oldest "certainties" about the period. This is scholarship of high quality.' Peter McPhee, University of Melbourne, Australia 'This book not only provides a clear and sure-footed account of the agrarian reforms of the French Revolution, it argues persuasively that the privatisation of common land between 1789 and 1820 played a role in promoting a structural transformation of the countryside in those regions of southern France with a vocation for vine monoculture.' Peter M. Jones, University of Birmingham, UK ’... this is a welcome and commendable book. Readers will appreciate its up-to-date discussion of scholarly debates and the painstaking archival research that results in Plack's convincing demonstration that the common land legislation of 1793 had a far greater impact than previously thought.’ American Historical Review '... this well-reasoned and well-written book certainly contributes to the historiography of agriculture and the peasants during the French Revolution.' European Review of History

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