Terror and Terroir

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Andrew Smith is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Smith, Andrew W. M. Smith, Andrew W.M. Smith, Smith Andrew W. M.
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781526131898
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3189-8
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Studies in Modern French History; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French History; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General