Modernization of Rural France - Communications Networks Agricultural Market Structures in Nineteenth

Table des matières

List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Food Production and Supply Prior to Railway Construction; 1. Agricultural before the Railway 2. Pre-Rail Communication Networks 3. Agricultural Market Structures before the Coming of the Railway; Part Two: Social Crisis; 4. Subsistence Crisis and Popular Misery 5. Subsistence Crises and Popular Protest 6. An End to Dearth; Part Three: Transport Revolution and Agriculture; 7. The Transport Revolution: Railways, Roads, Waterways 8. Modernizing Market Structures 9. Agriculture in a Changing Market; Conclusion; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index

A propos de l'auteur

Roger Price

Résumé

This book, first published in 1983, is a major contribution to our understanding of how and why French rural peasant society became modernised by radical changes in the communications system – in particular, the coming of the railways.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Roger Price, Price Roger
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138046146
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04614-6
• Pages: 502
• Thèmes: Routledge Library Editions: Rural History; Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Aménagement du territoire; France, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Rural communities, Social and cultural history, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning