Peasant uprisings in seventeenth-century France, Russia, and China. [Les payans dans les révoltes du XVIIe siècle (France, Russie, Chine). English] / Roland Mousnier, trans. by Brian Pearce

French orig. publ. in 1967.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: a century of revolts all over the world -- pt. 1: France: peasant revolts -- The social structures of the kingdom of France -- The role of the peasants in French revolts as a whole between 1624 and 1648 -- The Croquants of Saiintonge, Angoumois, and Poitou- 1636 -- The Croquants of Périgord-1637 -- The Nu-Pieds of Normandy-1639 -- The Torrébens of Brittany-1675 -- pt. 2: Russia: the peasants in the revolts of the "Time of Troubles" and in the Anabasis of Stenka Razin -- The social structures of Russia at the end of the sixteenth century -- Peasant revolts of the "Time of Troubles." the false Dmitris. Bolotnikov -- Russian society before the revolt of Stenka Razin -- The revolt of Stenka Razin -- pt. 3: China: the peasants in some revolts toward the end of the Ming Dynasty -- The social structures of China in the first half of the seventeenth century -- Peasant revolts under the last Mings -- Conclusion: a comparison of the peasant revolts in France, Russia, and China.