Title The weaver's knot : the contradictions of class struggle and family solidarity in western France, 1750-1914 / Tessie P. Liu

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : 1 map Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Rural Industries and the Evolution of Capitalist Production -- 3. The Putting-Out Wilderness: The Vulnerability of Merchants in the Marketplace -- 4. Winning Control over Entrepreneurship: Merchants and the New Cotton Regime -- 5. Cooperation and Collectivity: Weavers Mobilize to Retake Control -- 6. Handloom Weavers in the Age of Powerlooms: The Failures of Mobilization -- 7. New Domestic Industries: The Sweated Trades -- 8. The Agricultural Labor Market -- 9. What Price Dignity? The Transformation of the Weaving Family Economy and the Creation of Cheap Labor -- 10. Conclusions Summary No detailed description available for ""The Weaver's Knot"" Analysis Cholet (France) Rural conditions Geschichte 1750-1914 Rural industries France Cholet History Textile industry France Cholet History Textile workers France Cholet History Weavers France Cholet History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index Subject Freak Weber Textile industry -- France -- Cholet -- History Rural industries -- France -- Cholet -- History Weavers -- France -- Cholet -- History Textile workers -- France -- Cholet -- History Rural conditions Rural industries Textile industry Textile workers Weavers Industrialisierung Textilarbeiter Weber Textielindustrie. Arbeiders. Geschichte 1750-1914. Sozialgeschichte 1750-1914. Cholet (France) -- Rural conditions France -- Cholet Cholet -- Region Frankreich -- West Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 93043802 ISBN 080142738X 9780801427381 0801480191 9780801480195 9781501737053 1501737058

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