TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cornu,Pierre
TI  - Abandonment of Agricultural Land and Reforestation
PY  - 2003///.
							
N1  - 63
N2  - From the middle of the 19th to the last quarter of the 20th century, the upper valleys of the Cévennes region experienced far-reaching depopulation that together with a state decision to promote reforestation on the main summits and slopes, made for a conflict-ridden evolution. However, those peasants remaining in the area saw reforestation as economic and symbolic dispossession. The rich and varied primary sources documenting this long-lasting conflict provide historians with an opportunity to link material and symbolic challenges and to understand the process through which mountains became landscapes
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-histoire-et-societes-rurales-2003-2-page-173?lang=en
ER  -