| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 383 pages) : maps |
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Transformations |
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Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments vii 1 Divergence, Convergence, and the French Path to Industrial Development after 1750 1 (16) 2 A Brave New World of Work: The Reform of the Corporations and the Lettres-Patentes of May 1779 17 (34) 3 Foreign Policy as Industrial Policy: The Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786 51 (38) 4 The Other "Great Fear": Labor Relations, Industrialization, and Revolution 89 (38) 5 La patrie en danger. Industrial Policy in the Year II 127 (42) 6 From Allard to Chaptal: The Search for an Institutional Formula for French Industrialization, 1791-1804 169 (42) 7 Facing Up to English Industrial Dominance: Industrial Policy from the Empire to the July Revolution, 1805-1830 211 (38) 8 Coalitions and Competition: Entrepreneurs and Workers React to the New Industrial Environment 249 (40) 9 Chaptal's Legacy in a Niche Industry 289 (6) Notes 295 (52) Bibliography 347 (26) Maps 373 (6) Index 379 |
| Summary |
Arguing that - contrary to Anglocentric accounts - French industrialization was not a failed imitation of the laissez-faire British model, but the product of a distinctive industrial policy that over the long-term led to prosperity comparable to Britain's, this text offers a comparison between the two approaches |
| Analysis |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-371) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrialization -- France -- History -- 18th century
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Industrialization -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Industrialization -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Industrialization -- England -- History -- 19th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Industrialization
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Industrialisierung
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Industrialisatie.
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England
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France
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Frankreich
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Frankrijk.
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Engeland.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780262275705 |
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0262275708 |
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1282097830 |
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9781282097834 |
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1429416114 |
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9781429416115 |
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