Demonstrating against hormone-treated beef, protesters destroy a McDonald’s restaurant in Millau, France. The attack on the franchise catapulted the agricultural union Confédération Paysanne and its leader, José Bové, to the center of a movement calling for small-scale, sustainable agriculture.
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Further Readings:
- Ariès, Paul, and Christian Terras. José Bové: la révolte d'un paysan. Villeurbanne: Golias, 2000. Translated by Andreas Löhrer as José Bové: Die Revolte eines Bauern. (Hamburg: Nautilus, 2001).
- Bové, José. Le Monde n'est pas une Marchandise: Des Paysans Contre la Malbouffe. Paris: Editions La Decouverte & Syros, 2000. Translated by Anna de Casparis as The World is not for Sale: Farmers against Junk Food.. London: Verso, 2001.
- Meunier, Sophie. "France, Globalization, and Global Protectionism." Paper presented at the conference “France in Europe, Europe in France," Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, 3-5 December, 1999.
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12
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8
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1999