pt. 1. The Var -- The regional setting -- Social and economic change, 1871-1914 -- Political developments, 1871- 1914 -- The social geography of the Left -- pt. 2. Why socialism? -- The economic crisis -- Provençal sociability -- Education and an absent Church -- Feuds and personalities -- The "Var rouge"? -- pt. 3. Politics and the French peasantry -- From the Var to France -- Politics in the countryside -- The roots of socialism
Summary
Departing from the usual emphasis on an urban and industrial context for the rise of socialism, Socialism in Provence 1871-1914 offers instead a reinterpretation of the early years of Marxist socialism in France among the peasantry. By focusing on a limited period and a particular region, Judt provides an account both of the character of political behavior in the countryside and of the history of left-wing politics in France
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index
