Peasant, lord, and merchant : rural society in three Quebec parishes, 1740-1840 / Allan Greer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greer, Allan, author.

Series:

Social history of Canada ; 39.

Social History of Canada ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Richelieu River Valley (N.Y. and Vt.-Québec)--History.

Social classes.

Richelieu River Valley (N.Y. and Vt.-Québec)--Rural conditions.

Richelieu River Valley (N.Y. and Vt.-Québec).

Richelieu River Valley (N.Y. and Vt.-Québec)--Economic conditions.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 Introduction: seventeenth-century beginnings

2 The peasant family household

3 Generations of peasants

4 Aristocratic ascendancy

5 The feudal burden

6 The country merchant

7 Habitant-voyageurs

8 Turning the nineteenth century: development or crisis?

APPENDICES

NOTES

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-298) and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-5843-6

1-4426-2763-8

OCLC:

903441144