{"product_id":"communism-in-rural-france-john-bulaitis-9781845117085","title":"Communism in Rural France: French Agricultural Workers and the Popular Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French Communist Party has traditionally been identified with the urban working class but paradoxically its position as France's main left-wing party was dependent upon support from the countryside. \"Communism in Rural France\" explores for the first time the party's complex and often misunderstood relationship with agricultural labourers.During 1936 and 1937 a bitter struggle between agricultural workers and farmers swept through parts of the French countryside. Coinciding with the urban 'social explosion' which followed the victory of the Popular Front government, the strikes, farm occupations and increased unionisation panicked farmers and shocked right-wing opinion, which blamed the spread of the 'corrupting' collectivist influences of urban society into the countryside on the French Communist Party.\"Communism in Rural France\" traces the evolution and characteristics of the agricultural workers' movement from the turn of the 20th century through the inter-war years, as well as the response of the government and the resistance organised by farmers during 1936-37.\u003cbr\u003eBy focussing on agricultural workers, John Bulaitis sheds light on a section of the rural population that has been generally overlooked in French rural and labour history. \"Communism in Rural France\" explores their relationship with the French Communist Party and illuminates an important and previously neglected aspect of European politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bulaitis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845117085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845117085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d","brand":"John Bulaitis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136914206975,"sku":"9781845117085","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c379c75-68a9-453e-9730-45051a5aa19e.jpg?v=1770165295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communism-in-rural-france-john-bulaitis-9781845117085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}