Peasant, Lord, and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes, 1740-1840 (Social History of Canada) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Rural life in pre-industrial Quebec was essentially organized around a feudal society. Allan Greer takes a close look at the at society and its economy in three parishes in Lower Richelieu valley - Sorel, St Ours, and St Denis - from 1740 to 1840. He finds a pronounced pattern of household self-sufficiency; as in other peasant societies, the habitants lived mainly from produce grown throught their own efforts on their own lands. How the family-based economy operated and how the household was reproduced over the generations through marriage, birth, inheritance, and colonization, together form a major focus of this study.
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Allan Greer is a Professor in the Department of History at McGill University.
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'An excellent example of how local histories can challenge the traditional interpretations of this country's past.' (Canadian Historical review)
'Greer [writes] with passion, ingenuity, and force.' (American Historical Review)
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1985. Popular culture, Canada. University of Toronto Press. Very good rusty colored cloth, no dust jacket 304p. Seller Inventory # 4001