The French economy in the twentieth century / / prepared for the Economic History Society by Jean-Pierre Dormois [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784418903321
• Autore: Dormois Jean-Pierre
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-14262-8; 1-283-32923-9; 0-511-21448-0; 9786613329233; 0-511-21627-0; 0-511-21090-6; 0-511-55637-3; 0-511-61696-1; 0-511-21267-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: New studies in economic and social history ; ; 49
• Disciplina: 330.944/08
• Soggetti: France Economic conditions 20th century Textbooks
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acronyms; Chapter 1 The end of French exceptionalism?; Chapter 2 French economic performance in international perspective; Chapter 3 France and the wider world; Chapter 4 The changing face of Colbertism; Chapter 5 The institutions of French capitalism; Chapter 6 Labour: the French at work; Chapter 7 Plough and pasture: lifeblood or drain?; Chapter 8 Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, postindustrialisation; Conclusion; Glossary; A national portrait gallery of twentieth-century France; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This new textbook examines the spectacular transformation that the French economy has undergone over the past century. Jean-Pierre Dormois offers a general introduction to the major trends as well as recent transformations of French society, and an overview of modern ; economic development. He tackles the key themes associated with the French 'path of economic development' - Malthusianism, exceptionalism and Colbertism. Other chapters address standard economic issues on the role of human capital formation, economic institutions and openness to the rest of the world. The author examines and interprets trends and features of the period as a whole, and sets them in a wider European framework. This book offers students a helpful and concise summary of recent research, and presents a uniquely synthetic view of the French economy in the twentieth century. It will have broad appeal for students and teachers of French and of European history and economics.