French peasant fascism : Henry Dorgère's Greenshirts and the crises of French agriculture, 1929-1939 / Robert O. Paxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paxton, Robert O., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dorgères, Henri, 1897-.

Dorgères, Henri.

Peasants--Political activity--France--History--20th century.

Peasants.

Fascism--France--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Fascists--France--Biography.

Fascists.

France--Politics and government--1914-1940.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p. ) 1 b/w photo.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

French Peasant Fascism is the first account of the Greenshirts, a militant right-wing peasant movement in 1930's France that sought to transform the Republic into an authoritarian, agrarian state. Author Robert Paxton examines the Greenshirts in five case studies, throwing new light on French rural society and institutions during the Depression and on the emergence of a new rural leadership of authentic farmers. Paxton points out that fascism remained weak in the French countryside because the French state protected landowners more effectively than did those of Weimar Germany and Italy, and because French rural notables were so firmly embedded in social and economic power. Although the Greenshirts disappeared with the Third Republic, they left a double legacy: a tradition of peasant direct action, which is still exercised today; and the idea of France as a peasant nation, whose identity and virtues rest upon the persistence of a large peasant sector. That self-image continues to influence French policy choices today, long after the social structure on which it rested has disappeared.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

IN SEARCH OF HENRY DORGÈRES

One: THE TRIPLE CRISIS OF THE FRENCH PEASANTRY, 1929-39

The Depression

A Vanishing Way of Life

A Crisis of Representation

Two: THE RISE OF DORGÈRISM

The Creation of Henry Dorgères

Dorgères and the Agrarian Press

Dorgères, the Peasant Tribune

Dorgères against the Republic

Three: FIVE SCENARIOS OF PEASANT ACTION

Giving the Peasants a Voice: The Market-day Rally

Pushing Back the State: The Battle of Bray-sur-Somme, 18 June 1933

Pushing Back the Reds

Breaking Industrial Strikes: Isigny (Calvados), August-December 1936

Organizing the Market: Le Pétrolage des Petits Pois, Finistère, June 1938

Four: DORGÈRES, THE AGRARIAN ELITE, AND THE STATE, 1934-44

Dorgérism, 1934-40: Who, Where, and How Many?

The Peasant Front

Where Did the Money Come From?

The Republic against Dorgères

The Notables Drop Dorgères

Triumph and Disappointment: Dorgères at Vichy

Five: AFTERMATH, LEGACY, MEANINGS

Dorgères after the War

A Village Fascism?

The Dorgèrist Moment

France as a Peasant Nation

Notes

Bibliographical Essay

Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-233) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771323-8

1-280-52934-2

0-19-535474-5

1-4294-1573-8

OCLC:

935260374