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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket. "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11323644.
- catalog coverage "Corbières Mountain Rural conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Corbières Mountains (France) History.".
- catalog coverage "Corbières Mountains (France) Rural conditions.".
- catalog coverage "France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Influence.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description ""Professor McPhee's book highlights two significant new perspectives on the Revolution of 1789.".
- catalog description "1. 'Cette miserable contree: The Corbieres in the 1780s -- 2. 'Vassaux plus puissants que des Rois': The Revolution of 1789-1790 -- 3. 'Un peu de peur bien meritee': Peasant Revolution, 1790-1792.".
- catalog description "4. 'Je verse des larmes de sang': Defending the Revolution, 1793-1795 -- 5. 'Cette rage de defricher': The Battle Over the Rural Environment, 1790-1800.".
- catalog description "6. 'L'avidite' de jouir': Social Reaction and the War on the Clearers, 1800-1830 -- 7. 'Une veritable fureur de plantation': The Transformation of the Rural Economy, 1789-1830 -- 8. 'Dur, fier et ardent': Murder in Villeseque, 1830.".
- catalog description "Central to this conflict was control of the rough hillsides or garrigues used as sheep pastures, which the poorer peasantry seized and cleared."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Conclusion: Revolution and Memory.".
- catalog description "First, the actions of poorer peasants in massive land-clearance occasioned an impassioned debate about the environmental consequences of uncontrolled tree-felling.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-266) and index.".
- catalog description "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "vii, 272 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830.".
- catalog identifier "0198207174 (hc.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830.".
- catalog spatial "Corbières Mountain Rural conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Corbières Mountains (France) History.".
- catalog spatial "Corbières Mountains (France) Rural conditions.".
- catalog spatial "France Corbières Mountains".
- catalog spatial "France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Influence.".
- catalog subject "944/.87 21".
- catalog subject "DC195.C585 M3 1998".
- catalog subject "Peasants France Corbières Mountains History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. 'Cette miserable contree: The Corbieres in the 1780s -- 2. 'Vassaux plus puissants que des Rois': The Revolution of 1789-1790 -- 3. 'Un peu de peur bien meritee': Peasant Revolution, 1790-1792.".
- catalog tableOfContents "4. 'Je verse des larmes de sang': Defending the Revolution, 1793-1795 -- 5. 'Cette rage de defricher': The Battle Over the Rural Environment, 1790-1800.".
- catalog tableOfContents "6. 'L'avidite' de jouir': Social Reaction and the War on the Clearers, 1800-1830 -- 7. 'Une veritable fureur de plantation': The Transformation of the Rural Economy, 1789-1830 -- 8. 'Dur, fier et ardent': Murder in Villeseque, 1830.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Conclusion: Revolution and Memory.".
- catalog title "Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières / Peter McPhee.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".