Peasant, Lord, and Merchant
Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes 1740-1840
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1985
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802065780
- Publish Date
- Oct 1985
- List Price
- $45.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442658431
- Publish Date
- Dec 1985
- List Price
- $33.95
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Description
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.
About the author
Allan Greer is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.
Awards
- Winner, Macdonald Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association
Editorial Reviews
'An excellent example of how local histories can challenge the traditional interpretations of this country's past.'
<em>Canadian Historical review</em>
'Greer [writes] with passion, ingenuity, and force.'
<em>American Historical Review</em>