The Wine Revolution In France: The Twentieth Century
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few agricultural transformations reshaped a nation's identity as profoundly as the radical modernisation of French viticulture across the twentieth century — a story that Leo A. Loubère chronicles with meticulous scholarly precision in this landmark work. Set against the sweeping backdrop of rural France, the book traces the dramatic arc from pre-industrial winemaking traditions to the technological, economic, and social upheavals that redefined how France grows, produces, and sells its most celebrated commodity, placing the humble vineyard at the very centre of modern French history. Loubère brings to bear the full weight of social and economic history, illuminating how shifting market forces, government policy, class tensions, and regional rivalries converged to produce an industry simultaneously ancient and radically new. Published by Princeton University Press, this authoritative study argues that wine is far more than a beverage in the French context — it is a lens through which the entirety of modern French rural society can be understood. Readers who believed they knew France will find their assumptions quietly, irrevocably overturned.
Author: Leo A. Loubère
Format: Hardback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few agricultural transformations reshaped a nation's identity as profoundly as the radical modernisation of French viticulture across the twentieth century — a story that Leo A. Loubère chronicles with meticulous scholarly precision in this landmark work. Set against the sweeping backdrop of rural France, the book traces the dramatic arc from pre-industrial winemaking traditions to the technological, economic, and social upheavals that redefined how France grows, produces, and sells its most celebrated commodity, placing the humble vineyard at the very centre of modern French history. Loubère brings to bear the full weight of social and economic history, illuminating how shifting market forces, government policy, class tensions, and regional rivalries converged to produce an industry simultaneously ancient and radically new. Published by Princeton University Press, this authoritative study argues that wine is far more than a beverage in the French context — it is a lens through which the entirety of modern French rural society can be understood. Readers who believed they knew France will find their assumptions quietly, irrevocably overturned.