Title The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700-1920

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (324 pages) 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 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 Notes Print version record Subject Industries -- France -- Languedoc -- History Plant shutdowns -- France -- Languedoc -- History Deindustrialization -- France -- Languedoc -- History Deindustrialization Economic history Industries Plant shutdowns Social conditions SUBJECT Languedoc (France) -- Economic conditions Languedoc (France) -- Social conditions Subject France -- Languedoc Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195364491 019536449X

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