The 'Vie chère' Riots of 1911: Traditional Protests in Modern Garb

Paul R, Hanson

doi:10.1353/jsh/21.3.463

The 'Vie chère' Riots of 1911: Traditional Protests in Modern Garb

Paul R, Hanson

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Abstract

In the early evening hours of a warm September night sorne two thousand women gathered in front of a French dairy farm to the rallying cry, "We must have butter at 30 sous, or it will be revolution!"1 One might well guess that the date of this demonstration was 1789, or perhaps the tumultuous years of social protest and food riots that heralded the coming of the Second Republic and then the Second Empire. But the date is 1911 and the place is the small town of Somain located in the department of the Nord...

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Volume	3
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/21.3.463
State	Published - Jan 1 1988

Keywords

20th century French history
comparative history
food riots
history of the French Revolution

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European History
History
Political History
Social History

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