Historical Comparative Study on Local Political Powers under the Second French Empire

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370848
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NOMURA Keisuke 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 准教授 (00305103)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: フランス第二帝制 / パリ万国博覧会 / ボルドー / 地域権力 / 商人的ワインづくり / ワイン法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims at approaching local political powers in the department of Gironde under the Second French Empire, paying attention to their relations with the imperial power. For this purpose, I have analysed different attitudes toward interests in wine such as one represented by Bordeaux merchants, which were observed along with a process of wine presentation for the Universal Exposition of Paris in 1855, in order to clarify the relationship among local elites. I have remarked here that certain situational gaps, which were found in a way of thinking around the classification of wine and the wine-making, could be related to a local rivalry between commerce and viticulture. Furthermore, this aspect is expected to discover opposing regional interests of merchants and viticultural farmers. It also follows that we should pursue more deeply what has been said in the perspective of the AOC's legislation.

Free Research Field

近代フランス史