Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
576
Utgivningsdatum
2003-10-01
Upplaga
New e.
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Medarbetare
Stephen, Wilson
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
230 x 151 x 31 mm
Vikt
886 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780521522649

Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica

av Stephen Wilson
Häftad,  Engelska, 2003-10-01
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Corsica is associated in many people's minds with vendetta and banditry, but these phenomena have not been studied systematically. Using accounts by visitors and officials and particularly judicial records, this book provides such a study for the nineteenth century. Accounts of specific feuds lasting over many generations are given, including that which inspired Mrime's Colomba, and the whole phenomenon is set in its proper context of competition for scarce material resources and power in a traditional agro-pastoral society. Attitudes to death and the dead are examined, and reveal a divergence between local practice and belief and official Christianity, and the persistence of the notion that the spirit of the slain requires to be placated with blood. A general theme is the impact upon an isolated traditional society, and its system of sanctions, of incorporation into a modern state with courts and police.
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List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Corsica in the nineteenth century; 2. The history and incidence of feuds; 3. Conflict and its causes: conflicts of material interest; 4. Conflict and its causes: conflicts of honour; 5. Conflict and its causes: intrafamilial conflict; 6. Conflict and its causes: inter-community conflict; 7. Obligation and organization in the feud; 8. Immunity and disruption; 9. Concilation and peacemaking; 10. Feuding and the courts; 11. Patronage and political conflict; 12. Banditry; 13. Death and the dead; 14. Conclusion; Appendices; List of abbreviations; Notes; Sources and bibliography; Index.

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