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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important beginning to the task of placing the twentieth-century French countryside in historical context."--American Historical Review "[The book] combines economic, social, political and even technical analysis into a compelling picture of a fascinating society and way of life."--Journal of Social History
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*TABLES, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT, pg. xiv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. Qeneral Trends and Conditions since 1914, pg. 16*CHAPTER TWO. The Viticultural Revolution, pg. 37*CHAPTER THREE. Viniculture: The Marriage of Pragmatism and Theory, pg. 76*CHAPTER FOUR. The Attack on Fraud: Classification and Appellation, pg. 113*CHAPTER FIVE. Cooperatives among Individualists, pg. 137*CHAPTER SIX. The Economics of Wine, pg. 155*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Commerce of Wine, pg. 177*CHAPTER EIGHT. Conditions of Life: Propertied Growers, pg. 212*CHAPTER NINE. Conditions of Life: Laborers, pg. 244*CONCLUSION, pg. 260*NOTES, pg. 267*INDEX, pg. 283
