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Author Plack, Noelle, author

Title Common land, wine and the French Revolution : rural society and economy in southern France, c.1789-1820 / Noelle Plack
Published Farnham, UK : Ashgate, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The French Revolution, the Peasantry and Village Common Land; 1 Mise en Scène -- the Department of the Gard; 2 From Liberal to Radical Revolution, 1789-1792; 3 The Jacobin Revolution, 1793; 4 Post-1793: Backlash and Regularization; 5 The Empire and Beyond; 6 The Socio-economic Impact of Common Land Reform; Conclusion; Appendix I Application of the Law of 9 Ventôse XII in the Gard; Appendix II Sales by Commune under the Law of 20 March 1813 in the Gard; Bibliography; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 28, 2017)
Subject Land tenure -- France, Southern -- History -- 19th century
Public lands -- France, Southern -- 19th century
Commons -- France, Southern -- History -- 19th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Commons
Confiscations
Economic history
Economics
Land tenure
Public lands
Social conditions
SUBJECT France, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century
France, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Economic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051329
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Confiscations and contributions
Subject France
Southern France
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780754694625
0754694623
9781317163718
1317163710
9781317163725
1317163729
9786612243561
6612243562