Crisis and Commitment

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In an analysis that is engaged and yet clearheaded, Alexander Alland presents a social movement in which out-of-the-ordinary individuals, drawing from the image of southern French peasantry, invented a tradition. The 'peasants' of the Larzac formed an innovative community still very much alive and attentive to the problems of rural development." -Jean-Luc Bonniol of University of Aix, Marseille, France "There are few studies of the purposeful creation of a social movement, and by addressing this question, the authors raise some of the important implications of the Larzac case. In the many studies of protest and resistance, there is an increasing anthropological attention to issues of violence. Here, the focus on non-violence is key and interesting, for non-violence is less studied. And, consequently, less well understood." -Elizabeth Evans of University of New Hampshire, Durham