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Memoirs of a Breton Peasant
A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards by most French standards; formal education among rural society was either unavailable or dismissed as unnecessary, while the church and local myth defined most people's reasoning and motivation. Jean-Marie Déguignet is unique not only as a literate Breton peasant, but in his skepticism for the church, his interest in science, astronomy and languages, and for his keen—often caust...
Le Soldat
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Mémoires d'un Paysan Bas-Breton
Jean Marie Déguignet a connu un destin exceptionnel, ouvrier agricole dans le finistère profond, soldat à Lorient, engagé dans les guerres de Crimée, d'Italie et du Mexique du second empire, débitant de tabac et finalement mourant miséreux à Quimper. Il tient un journal tout au long de sa vie. Ce récit n'a pas d'égal dans les annales du temps. C'est celui d'un écorché vif, d'un anticlérical et d'un anarchiste pourfendeur des conservatismes.Le style est étonnamment brillant, souvent violent et ce témoignage se révèle être un vrai roman humain de l'aventure d'une vie riche en péripéties.
Histoire de ma via
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Mémoires d'un paysan Bas-Breton
Ces mémoires furent en partie publiées dans la "Revue de Paris" de 1905 et dans le "Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère" de 1963. Tour à tour mendiant, vacher, soldat, cultivateur, assureur, débitant de tabac, miséreux, J.-M. Déguinet nous apporte une vision décapante de la Bretagne du XIXe siècle, mais aussi de l'armée impériale à travers ses campagnes
Childhood in Modern Europe
This invaluable introduction to the history of childhood in both Western and Eastern Europe c.1700-2000 seeks to give a voice to children as well as adults, wherever possible. It addresses a number of key topics, including conceptions of childhood, ideas about family life, culture, welfare, schooling, and work.
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life offers an important view of England's cultural history through its sporting pursuits, carrying the reader to a match or a hunt or a fight, viscerally drawing a portrait of the sounds and smells, and showing that sport has been as important in defining British culture as gender, politics, education, class, and religion.
