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Author Smith, Andrew W. M., 1986- author.

Title Terror and terroir : the winegrowers of the Languedoc and modern France / Andrew W.M. Smith
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in modern French history
Studies in modern French history.
Contents Cover; Terror and terroir ; Contents ; List of figures ; List of tables ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: from tradition to terrorism; 1 Memories of protests past: the grande révolte of 1907; 2 Peasants and paroxysms: building a movement (1944-60); 3 Molotovs in the Minervois: revolution in the vines (1961-76); 4 Crossing the streams: the confluence of Oc and vine; 5 Montredon to Mitterrand: socialism, syndicalism and the south (1976-84); 6 Burial or resurrection? Modernisation and marginalisation (1984-92); 7 A world of wine: European integration and globalisation
Summary This work traces the history of post-war France by tracking the Comite Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a militant collective of winegrowers who have used protest and violence to push back against attempts to modernise the French economy and state and the wider impacts of globalisation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Comité régional d'action viticole -- History
Wine and wine making -- France -- Languedoc -- History
Wine and wine making -- Political aspects -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- 20th century
Vintners -- Political activity -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- 20th century
Terrorism -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- 20th century
Terrorist organizations -- France -- Languedoc -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / General.
Civilization
Terrorism
Terrorist organizations
Wine and wine making
Weinbau
Wein
SUBJECT France -- Civilization -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051193
Subject France
France -- Languedoc
Languedoc
Frankreich
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017301070
ISBN 9781526101112
1526101114
9781526101129
1526101122