Heimmermann Work, Regulation, and Identity in Provincial France

The Bordeaux Leather Trades, 1740–1815
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-43859-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten, eBook

The 18th-century French leather industry was a strategically important manufacturing sector, one vital to both civilian and military life. This study examines the production of leather in the Bordeaux trades during the 18th and 19th centuries, illuminating the realities of a craft economy and its relation to the wider French political economy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heimmermann, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nature, Work, Regulation and the Bordeaux Leather Manufacturing Economy 2. Regulation and Economic Activity: The Bordeaux Shoemaking Trade 3. The Guild Communities 4. Apprentices and Journeymen 5. Establishment in the Leather Trades 6. Patron Leather Artisans 7. Reform, Revolution, Abolition and Beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Heimmermann, Ph.D. is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA.