The 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.
By 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.
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