Family and Farm: Agrarian Change and Household Organization in the Loire Valley 1500-1900 PDF
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Family and Farm : Agrarian Change and Household Organization in the Loire Valley, title: 1500-1900 SUNY Series On European Social History author: Shaffer, John W. publisher: State University of New York Press isbn10 | asin: 0873955633 print isbn13: 9780873955638 ebook isbn13: 9780585060637 language: English Sociology, Rural--France--Loire River Valley, Loire River Valley (France)--Rural subject conditions, Community life, Family farms-- France--Loire River Valley--History. publication date: 1982 lcc: HN438.L54S48 1982eb ddc: 306.8/5 Sociology, Rural--France--Loire River Valley, Loire River Valley (France)--Rural subject: conditions, Community life, Family farms-- France--Loire River Valley--History. Page i Family and Farm Page ii SUNY SERIES ON EUROPEAN SOCIAL HISTORY Leo A Loubère, Editor Page iii Family and Farm Agrarian Change and Household Organization in the Loire Valley 15001900 John W. Shaffer Department of History University of California at Chico State University of New York Press ALBANY Page iv To Susan, whose love and support made this book possible Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1982 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Shaffer, John W. Family and farm. (SUNY series on European social history) Bibliography: p. 238 Includes index. 1. Sociology, RuralFranceLoire Valley. 2. Loire Valley (France)Rural conditions. 3. Community life. 4. Family farmsFranceLoire ValleyHistory. I. Title. II. Series. HN438.L54S48 306.8'5 81-9335 ISBN 0-87395-562-5 AACR2 ISBN 0-87395-563-3 (pbk.) Page v Contents Tables vii Figures ix Maps ix Preface xi Chapter One: Modernization Theory and Changes in 1 Family Patterns Chapter Two: The Communauté, Customary Law, and 20 Feudal Tenure Chapter Three: State Taxation and Primitive 37 Accumulation in the Seventeenth Century Chapter Four: The Dynamics of Peasant Household 53 Organization Chapter Five: Revolutionary Civil Legislation and the 83 Communauté Chapter Six: The Geographic Distribution of the Joint 105 Household in the Nivernais Chapter Seven: The Agricultural Revolution in the 122 Nivernais Chapter Eight: The Transformation of Tenant Household 145 Structure Chapter Nine: From Subsistence Peasant to Capitalist 170 Farmer Chapter Ten: La Vie en Commun 199 Glossary 211 Appendix 214 Notes 217 Bibliography 238 Index 257 Page vii Tables 1. Distribution of Land Tenure in the Eighteenth Century 30 2. Bordelage Leases Established at Prye and Azy 31 3. Tenants at Baronnie de Vitry 31 4. Direct Taxation in the Géneralité de Moulins 40 5. Land Transfers at Azy and Prye 45 6. Property Distribution by Class 48 7. Distribution of Size of Holding, Châtellenie de Decize 48 8. Geography and Property Size in the Morvan in 1835 54 9. Proportion of Marriages Regulated by Contract, 63 17751835 10.Household Structure, Larochemillay, 17751835 68 11.Proprietors and Sharecroppers Kinship Ties with 76 Communautés at Larochemillay 12.Sharecroppers only 76 13.Peasant Succession Strategy, Larochemillay, 17751860 96 14.Property Size at Larochemillay (All Proprietors), 97 18451875 15.Property Size at Larochemillay (Only Residents), 98 18451875 16.Donations at Larochemillay, 17751860 99
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