Conflits et protestations paysannes dans l' histoire d' un village de Macedoine,1900-1936
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; No.Special, 1981, pages 93-103
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93-103
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Conflict and peasant protest in the history of a Macedonian village : 1900-1935
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In thestudy of the role peasants have played in the political life of thecountry too little attention has been payed to regional variation and its explanation. During the first part of this century peasants in theEastern Macedonia participated more in opposition parties, such asAgrarian and the Communist Party than most peasants in Greece.This article tries to explore some of the factors which contributed to peasant protest in Eastern Macedonia, especially in one particularvillage.In the first decade of this century conflicts developed between themost powerful families in the village and a brotherhood in which middle peasants had much influence. The internal conflicts, which wererelated to developments at other levels, increased during the following decades and look on a more ideological character when theAgrarian and Communist Parties established themselves in thevillage. The takeover by Metaxas found part of the village populationin a revolutionary atmosphere.A number of factors have been considered in order to explain the political developments during the pre-Metaxas period. Oneof these isthe expansion of tobacco cultivation which made the peasants lessdependent on local powerholders, brought them intocontact with urban laborers and made them more dependent on internationalmarkets. Others include the late incorporation into the Greek stateand the relatively closed character of the village community which help to explain why the village was not drawn into the dominantpolitical discourse on the issue of the monarchy.
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