Peasant, Lord, and Merchant
Author | : Allan Greer |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0802065783 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780802065780 |
Rating | : 4/5 (780 Downloads) |
Download or read book Peasant, Lord, and Merchant written by Allan Greer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.