Interpreting Social Violence in French Culture : Buzançais, 1847-2008 /

In January 1847, a grain convoy passed through Buzançais, an obscure village in a remote region of central France that was suffering from hunger, high prices, and widespread unemployment. Villagers intercepted the shipment, invaded granaries and mills, and forced resale of the grain at a just price...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bouton, Cynthia A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violence.
Social conditions.
Riots.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Violence > France > Buzançais > Histoire.
Violence > France > Buzançais > History.
Riots > France > Buzançais > History.
France > Buzançais.
Buzançais (France) > History.
Buzançais (France) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The riot and its first renditions
  • Repression and reaction, challenge, and response
  • Buzançais in nineteenth-century politics and literature
  • Popular publishing between the wars
  • Jacquerie as cartoon and television drama
  • Buzançais rendered in history, patrimony, and sound and light.

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