Industry and politics in rural France : peasants of the Isère, 1870-1914 / Raymond A. Jonas
1994, 1st edition. Ithaca : Cornell University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426124
ISBN: 0801428149
Physical description; xii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index. Contents; 1. Carnival in Vizille -- 2. Geographical and Temperamental Landscapes -- 3. From the Workshop to the Factory: The Silk Industry in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Peasants into Workers: Labor and the Silk Industry -- 5. A Barrier against the Rural Exodus? Some Demographic Consequences of Rural Industry -- 6. A Working Class Formed in the State of Nature? -- 7. Public Order and Public Opinion: Workers, Family, Community -- 8. Peasants, Industry, and Politics. Subjects; 1800-1899. Rural industries France Isère History 19th century. Peasants France Isère History 19th century. Peasantry France Isère History 19th century. France Isère. Isère (Dep.). Peasants.
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