| Fraternity Among the French Peasantry: Sociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley, 1815 1914 Contributor(s): Baker, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521642132 ISBN-13: 9780521642132 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Using meticulous archival research, Alan Baker challenges the orthodox portrayal of nineteenth-century French peasants as individualists and examines the extent to which they both continued with traditional forms of community action and developed new forms of collective action. More specifically, he examines the development and spread of voluntary associations in Loir-et-Cher, on the southwestern margin of the Paris Basin. He focuses on associations aimed at reducing risk and uncertainty (mainly livestock insurance associations, mutual aid societies, and volunteer fire brigades), and on associations intended to provide agricultural protection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Social Science | Sociology - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 334.709 |
| LCCN: 98-35994 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.42" W x 9.26" (1.69 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - French |