| Description |
xii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of figures and maps -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. A World Without Entrepreneurs, 1750-1815: 1. Commerce as conflict -- 2. The design of the spinning jenny -- 3. New terms and old practices -- Part II. Uses of the Market Idea, 1816-1851: 4. The first crisis of management -- 5. Spinners on guard -- 6. Visions of subsistence -- 7. A search for identity -- Part III. Unquestioned Assumptions, 1852-1904: 8. The clock time of the Second Empire -- 9. The moral sense of farce -- 10. Little insurrections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliographical note -- Index |
| Analysis |
France Textile industries, 1750-1900. Social aspects |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 337-393 |
| Subject |
Textile industry -- France -- History.
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| LC no. |
83025232 |
| ISBN |
0521256534 |
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