Tunisian peasants in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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Tunisian peasants in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Lucette Valensi ; translated by Beth Archer

(Studies in modern capitalism = Études sur le capitalisme moderne)

Cambridge University Press , Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1985

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Fellahs tunisiens

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Translation of: Fellahs tunisiens

Bibliography: p. 260-275

Includes index

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Description

An historian of the Annales school, Lucette Valensi blends the methods of history and anthropology to portray the Tunisian countryside in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which has been previously little-studied. She analyses the nomadic tribes and the sedentary peasants, discussing their social organisation, their economic activity, and their cultural practices. She also explores the changes that affected both the peasantry and the Tunisian state in the nineteenth century, showing how the country's incorporation into the capitalist world economy led to social unrest, and eventually to the general rebellion of 1864 that precipitated the establishment of a French protectorate, thus placing Tunisia in a role of dependence and heralding underdevelopment.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Families coming from the same stock
  • 2. the people and the land
  • 3. A society in the process of underdevelopment
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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