Andrew W. M. Smith

Terror and terroir

The winegrowers of the Languedoc and modern France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the history of post-war France by tracking the Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a militant collective of winegrowers who have used protest and violence to push back against attempts to modernise the French economy and state and the wider impacts of globalisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781784994358
• ISBN-10: 1784994359
• Artikelnr.: 45606917

Autorenporträt

Andrew W. M. Smith is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History and Politics at the University of Chichester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: from tradition to terrorism 1 Memories of protests past: the
Grand Revolt of 1907 2 Peasants and paroxysms: building a movement
(1944-60) 3 Molotovs in the Minervois: revolution in the vines (1961-76) 4
Crossing the streams: the confluence of Oc and vine 5 Montredon to
Mitterrand: socialism, syndicalism and the south (1976-84) 6 Burial or
resurrection? Modernisation and marginalisation (1984-92) 7 A world of
wine: European integration and globalisation Conclusion: CRAV BOUM! Change
and continuity in the role of the CRAV Index