Work and Wages - Natural Law, Politics and the Eighteenth-Century French Trades

Klappentext This 1989 analysis of the urban trades of eighteenth-century France lays the foundations for studies of the workshop economy in modern European history. Zusammenfassung This book was first published in 1989. In this extensive analysis of the urban trades of eighteenth-century France! the foundations are laid for comparative studies of the workshop economy in modern European history. The work combines intellectual and institutional history with the economic and social history of the trades. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and units of measurement; Introduction; 1. The limits of money; 2. Images of artisans; 3. Journeymen and the law; 4. The world of the trades; 5. Patterns of employment: the economy of the trades and the economy of the bazaar; 6. Work, wages and customs; 7. The Parisian luxury trades and the workshop economy; 8. Conflict and the courts; 9. Journeymen's migrations and the mythology of the 'compagnonnages'; 10. Artisans, 'sans-culottes' and the politics of Republicanism; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Michael Sonenscher, Michael (Dr) Sonenscher, Sonenscher Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107404144
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40414-4
• No. of pages: 454
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Labour / income economics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General