Revolution and environment in southern France. Peasants, lords and murder in the Corbières, 1780-1830
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780198207177
- ISBN10 0198207174
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 272
- Any Edició 1999
- Encuadernació Tela
Revolution and environment in southern France. Peasants, lords and murder in the Corbières, 1780-1830
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
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.. "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.