Crisis and Commitment: the Life History of a French Social Movement

by Alland Sonia and Alexander Alland Jr.

Using ethnographic field data from the Larzac plateau in Southern France, Alexander and Sonia Alland document one of the longest and most successful popular protests in modern French history - the Larzac movement. More than a record of events, the book describes the transformation from the early 1970s of rural defiance into a symbol of left-wing action for France and the world. This revised edition examines the activities of the movement since 1995,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058231984
• ISBN13: 9789058231987
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"