Peasant, Lord, and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes 1740-1840
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802065783
ISBN13:9780802065780
Release Date:October 1985
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 9.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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