The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700-1920.
This study of the rise and decline of industrialization in the Bas-Languedoc region of France uses a 200-year time-frame to examine the process of how and why a successful industrial region manufacturing woollens transformed itself into an agricultural, wine-growing area.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| ISBN: | 9780195364491 019536449X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Maps and Photographs; Prologue: Industrial Languedoc from Colbert to Chaptal; I: Industrial Capitalism and Social Upheaval, 1815-1851; 1. Restoration Uncertainties; 2. Crucible of Conflict: Industrial Languedoc Under the July Monarchy; 3. Le Monde des Fabricants; 4. Workers' Lives; 5. 1848; II: Deindustrialization, 1851-1920; 6. A Mining Empire That Might Have Been; 7. A Railroad That Never Was; 8. Deindustrialization; 9. La Défense Viticole and the Politics of Deindustrialization, 1880-1920; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.