{"product_id":"make-cheese-not-war-andrew-w-m-smith-9781526175878","title":"Make Cheese Not War: Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, the French government announced a massive extension of its military base on the Larzac plateau in southern France. Land was to be expropriated from 107 farms around the small town of La Cavalerie. Limited resistance was expected, but what happened next exceeded all expectations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLocal sheep farmers set up protest camps and occupied the land. They soon attracted an astonishing level of support, pioneering a form of regional radicalism with global implications. Drawing out the international dimensions of the protest, Make cheese not war explores a transnational resistance movement in the 1970s that challenged dominant visions of modernity and became a wellspring of radical alternatives. Exploring previously unconsulted archives in France and elsewhere, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the decade-long peasant movement and its aftermath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRepositioning the Larzac struggle within a wider network of French and international solidarities, from the US to the UK, Germany, Burkina Faso, New Caledonia and Japan, the book retraces political networks of pacifist activism, as well as environmental movements and anti-nuclear protest. It shows how this French peasant campaign became both a platform and a model for popular engagement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew W. M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526175878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526175878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Andrew W. M. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425603404031,"sku":"9781526175878","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b92deda-77c6-4b99-9180-4ea3ab6cadad.jpg?v=1761540356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/make-cheese-not-war-andrew-w-m-smith-9781526175878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}