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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Christopher H. (Christopher Howard), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--France--Languedoc--History--18th century.

Industries.

Industries--France--Languedoc--History--19th century.

Industries--France--Languedoc--History--20th century.

Plant shutdowns--France--Languedoc--History--19th century.

Plant shutdowns.

Plant shutdowns--France--Languedoc--History--20th century.

Languedoc (France)--Economic conditions.

Languedoc (France).

Languedoc (France)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771429-3

1-280-52337-9

0-19-536449-X

1-4294-0631-3

OCLC:

476013857