Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvi
5. 1 Introduction: seventeenth-century beginnings 3
6. 2 The peasant family household 20
7. 3 Generations of peasants 48
8. 4 Aristocratic ascendancy 89
9. 5 The feudal burden 122
10. 6 The country merchant 140
11. 7 Habitant-voyageurs 177
12. 8 Turning the nineteenth century: development or crisis? 194
13. Appendices 233
14. Notes 254
15. Index 299