{"product_id":"terror-and-terroir-the-winegrowers-of-the-languedoc-and-modern-france-9781784994358","title":"Terror and Terroir: The Winegrowers of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerror and terroir\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers in the sun-drenched, southern vineyards of the Languedoc. Since 1961, they have fought to protect their livelihood. They were responsible for sabotage, bombings, hijackings and even the shooting of a policeman.  Against the backdrop of European integration and decolonisation they have rallied around banners of Resistance and their strong Republican heritage, whilst their peasant protests fed into Occitan and anti-globalisation movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt heart, however, the CRAV remain farmers championing the right of people to live and work the land. Between the romantic mythology of terroir, and the misguided, passionate violence of terror, this book unpicks the contentious issues of regionalism, protest and violence. It offers an insight into a neglected area of France's past that continues to impinge on its future, infused with one of the most potent symbols of French culture: wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This volume provides a highly original and welcome contribution to the burgeoning literature devoted to the concept of terroir across the disciplines, spanning history, geography and anthropology […] It will become a must read in the literature on terroir.’\u003cbr\u003eMarion Demossier, University of Southampton, H-France Review, Volume 18 (2018), No. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Smith is particularly good at his economic analysis, enriched as it is by his strong knowledge of wine and winemaking (he is also the author of The Wine Pocket Bible). His narrative of wine syndicalism occasionally becomes very crowded with names and acronyms, but he effectively uses CRAV to show the complicated interplay of regional identities, national politics and European integration on French winemaking in the second half of the twentieth century.'\u003cbr\u003eAndrew S. Tomkins, French History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Smith’s prose is clear; he gives enough context to make the debates accessible even to a non-specialist in French history or the history of wine production... His punctilious use of sources from regional and national archives, local newspapers, and even oral histories reveals that the CRAV’s struggle was not revolutionary or anti-statist... The true value of Smith’s narrative is perhaps the articulation of a powerful counter-argument to the mythology of terroir.'\u003cbr\u003eZachary Nowak, The Journal of Wine Economics\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: from tradition to terrorism\u003cbr\u003e1 Memories of protests past: the Grand Revolt of 1907\u003cbr\u003e2 Peasants and paroxysms: building a movement (1944-60)\u003cbr\u003e3 Molotovs in the Minervois: revolution in the vines (1961-76)\u003cbr\u003e4 Crossing the streams: the confluence of Oc and vine\u003cbr\u003e5 Montredon to Mitterrand: socialism, syndicalism and the south (1976-84)\u003cbr\u003e6 Burial or resurrection? Modernisation and marginalisation (1984-92)\u003cbr\u003e7 A world of wine: European integration and globalisation \u003cbr\u003eConclusion: CRAV BOUM! Change and continuity in the role of the CRAV\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042324087127,"sku":"9781784994358","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784994358.jpg?v=1750953911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terror-and-terroir-the-winegrowers-of-the-languedoc-and-modern-france-9781784994358","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}