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The Village of Cannibals by Alain Corbin

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The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870 (Studies in Cultural History)
by

Alain Corbin,

Arthur Goldhammer (Goodreads Author) (Translator)

AskHistorians's review

Sep 28, 2015

bookshelves: microhistory, social-history, political-history, french-history

A "microhistory" of a small town in southern France during the Franco-Prussian War, and how the local peasantry reacts to the ousting of Napoleon III. His writing style is a little hard to get used to, but it's an interesting tale of shifting ideas of social class and political thought in a particular setting. Bonus feature: gory murders of French noblemen! (well, one French nobleman, but you can't have everything)

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