The individualism of the French peasantry during the nineteenth
century has frequently been asserted as one of its most striking
characteristics. In this 1999 book, Alan Baker challenges this
orthodox view and demonstrates the extent to which peasants
continued with traditional, and developed new, forms of collective
action. He examines representations of the peasantry and discusses
the discourse of fraternity in nineteenth-century France in general
before considering specifically the historical development,
geographical diffusion and changing functions of fraternal
voluntary associations in Loir-et-Cher between 1815 and 1914. Alan
Baker focuses principally upon associations aimed at reducing risk
and uncertainty and upon associations intended to provide
agricultural protection. A wide range of new voluntary associations
were established in Loir-et-Cher - and indeed throughout rural
France - during the nineteenth century. Their historical geography
throws new light upon the sociability, upon the changing
mentalites, of French peasants, and upon the role of fraternal
associations in their struggle for survival.
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