Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Maps vii
4. Introduction ix
5. PART I. THE WAY THINGS WERE
6. 1. A Country of Savages 1
7. 2. The Mad Beliefs 23
8. 3. The King's Foot 30
9. 4. Alone with One's Fellows 41
10. 5. From Justice, Lord, Deliver Us! 50
11. 6. A Wealth of Tongues 67
12. 7. France, One and Indivisible 95
13. 8. The Working of the Land 115
14. 9. Give Us This Day 130
15. 10. From 'Subsistance' to 'Habitat' 146
16. 11. The Family 167
17. PART II. THE AGENCIES OF CHANGE
18. 12. Roads, Roads, and Still More Roads 195
19. 13. Keeping Up with Yesterday 221
20. 14. Rus in Urbe 232
21. 15. Peasants and Politics 241
22. 16. Migration: An Industry of the Poor 278
23. 17. Migration of Another Sort: Military Service 292
24. 18. Civilizing in Earnest: Schools and Schooling 303
25. 19. Dieu Est-il Français? 339
26. 20. The Priests and the People 357
27. PART III. CHANGE AND ASSIMILATION
28. 21. The Way of All Feasts 377
29. 22. Charivaris 399
30. 23. Markets and Fairs 407
31. 24. Veillées 413
32. 25. The Oral Wisdom 419
33. 26. Fled Is That Music 429
34. 27. Le Papier Qui Parle 452
35. 28. Wring Out the Old 471
36. 29. Cultures and Civilization 485
37. Appendix 498
38. Notes 505
39. Bibliography 573
40. Index 599