{"product_id":"fraternity-among-the-french-peasantry-sociability-and-voluntary-associations-in-the-loire-valley-1815-1914-paperback-9780521602716","title":"Fraternity among the French Peasantry; Sociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley, 1815–1914 (Paperback) 9780521602716","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFraternity among the French Peasantry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley, 1815–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA meticulously researched 1999 study of the community and collective action of French peasants in the Loir-et-Cher region in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan R. H. Baker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521602716, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 March 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages, 23 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.606 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Without doubt, Baker has produced path-breaking work which demonstrates how voluntary associations 'were significant in shaping new ways of thinking and living, and important in refashioning social relationships''. Hugh Cloud, Economic History Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe individualism of the French peasantry during the nineteenth century has frequently been asserted as one of its most striking characteristics. In this 1999 book, Alan Baker challenges this orthodox view and demonstrates the extent to which peasants continued with traditional, and developed new, forms of collective action. He examines representations of the peasantry and discusses the discourse of fraternity in nineteenth-century France in general before considering specifically the historical development, geographical diffusion and changing functions of fraternal voluntary associations in Loir-et-Cher between 1815 and 1914. Alan Baker focuses principally upon associations aimed at reducing risk and uncertainty and upon associations intended to provide agricultural protection. A wide range of new voluntary associations were established in Loir-et-Cher - and indeed throughout rural France - during the nineteenth century. Their historical geography throws new light upon the sociability, upon the changing mentalités, of French peasants, and upon the role of fraternal associations in their struggle for survival.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Peasants and peasantry in nineteenth-century France\u003cbr\u003e 2. The theory and practice of fraternal association in nineteenth-century France\u003cbr\u003e 3. Loir-et-Cher during the nineteenth century: period, place and people\u003cbr\u003e 4. Insurance societies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mutual aid societies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fire-fighting Corps\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anti-Phylloxera syndicates\u003cbr\u003e 8. Agricultural associations\u003cbr\u003e 9. Synthesis: conclusions, comparisons and conjectures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913311838488,"sku":"9780521602716","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fraternity-among-the-french-peasantry-sociability-and-voluntary-associations-in-the-loire-valley-1815-1914-paperback-9780521602716","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}