Make Cheese Not War : Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Andrew W. M.

Series:

Studies in Modern French and Francophone History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements.

Nonviolence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Make Cheese Not War traces international support for the community struggle against the expansion of a military base on the Larzac plateau during the 1970s. Across decades and continents, they mobilised a protest rooted in local issues, but travelling routes of resistance with a protest that was creative, humorous, and ultimately successful.

Contents:

Front matter

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction Rough-handed solidarity: transnational resistance and the Larzac struggle

A crow's backpack: making the case for the Larzac

The "Oath of the 103": choosing non-violence

Larzac on the march: resistance from Rodez to Paris

Indians of all colours: Native Americans, indigeneity and the Larzac

Building foundations: constructive defiance

"Third World Harvest": anti-colonial solidarities and the Sahel famine

Digging in: fighting for territory

Greening the plateau: Europe, ecology and the Larzac

Victory and new beginnings

Conclusion Connections and meaning

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-7588-6

1-5261-7586-X

9781526175861

OCLC:

1573147547