| Peasant, Lord, and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes 1740-1840 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Greer, Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802065783 ISBN-13: 9780802065780 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $41.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 971.451 |
| LCCN: 86145305 |
| Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.54" (1.04 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rural life in pre-industrial Quebec was essentially organized around a feudal society. Allan Greer takes a close look at the at society and its economy in three parishes in Lower Richelieu valley - Sorel, St Ours, and St Denis - from 1740 to 1840. He finds a pronounced pattern of household self-sufficiency; as in other peasant societies, the habitants lived mainly from produce grown throught their own efforts on their own lands. How the family-based economy operated and how the household was reproduced over the generations through marriage, birth, inheritance, and colonization, together form a major focus of this study. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greer, Allan: - Allan Greer is a Professor in the Department of History at McGill University. |