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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The Great Revolution had created in France a numerous class of peasant proprietors, who enjoyed nearly half a century of…

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The Great Revolution had created in France a numerous class of peasant proprietors, who enjoyed nearly half a century of a comparative well-being, or, at least, of a guaranteed labour.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin discusses the impact of the Great Revolution on the emergence of peasant proprietors in France.

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