France in the age of organization : factory, home and nation from the 1920s to Vichy / Jackie Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Jackie, 1966-

Series:

Berghahn monographs in French studies ; v. 11.

Berghahn monographs in French studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Social aspects.

History.

Professional employees.

Social structure.

Economic policy.

Social policy.

France--Politics and government--1914-1940.

France.

Politics and government.

Reconstruction (1914-1939)--France.

Reconstruction (1914-1939).

France--Social policy--History--20th century.

France--Economic policy--History--20th century.

Social structure--France--History--20th century.

Professional employees--France--History--20th century.

Industries--Social aspects--France--History--20th century.

Industries.

Technocracy.

Physical Description:

x, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

"...it was not just factories, offices or national economies that were to be planned and rationalized, but homes, minds, and bodies..." states Clarke (French studies, U. of Southampton, UK) in her introduction. In chapters organized both chronologically and thematically the author addresses the centrality of the impulse toward organization--toward heightened esteem of expert, technological approaches to all aspects of everyday life, art, and social and political organization. This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking study of major cultural themes during the interwar period in France. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Constructing a science of organisation

Organisation and the social question

Organisation goes home

Planning and the 'sciences of man' in the 1930s

Vichy and the myth of technocracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857450807

0857450808

9780857450814

0857450816

OCLC:

681487342