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Peasant, Lord, and Merchant : Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes 1740-1840 /
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-suff...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Heritage
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: seventeenth-century beginnings
- 2 The peasant family household
- 3 Generations of peasants
- 4 Aristocratic ascendancy
- 5 The feudal burden
- 6 The country merchant
- 7 Habitant-voyageurs
- 8 Turning the nineteenth century: development or crisis?
- Appendices
- Notes
- Index