The life and death of industrial Languedoc, 1700-1920 / / Christopher H. Johnson

• Autore: Johnson Christopher H
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.09448; 338.476709448
• Soggetto topico: Industries - France - Languedoc - History; Plant shutdowns - France - Languedoc - History; Deindustrialization - France - Languedoc - History
• Soggetto geografico: Languedoc (France) Economic conditions; Languedoc (France) Social conditions
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-296) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Life and death of industrial Languedoc, 1700-1920
• ISBN: 0-19-771429-3; 1-280-52337-9; 0-19-536449-X; 1-4294-0631-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815526803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.