The making of capitalism in France : : class structures, economic development, the state and the formation of the French working class, 1750-1914 / / by Xavier Lafrance.

Very few authors have addressed the origins of capitalism in France as the emergence of a distinct form of historical society, premised on a new configuration of social power, rather than as an extension of commercial activities liberated from feudal obstacles. Xavier Lafrance offers the first thoro...

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Superior document:Historical materialism book series ; 189
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series ; 189.
Physical Description:1 online resource (321 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The Old Regime False Start: Attempts at Liberal Reforms and the Absence of a Transition to Capitalism in Absolutist France
  • Non-capitalist Industrialisation in Post-revolutionary France
  • The French Revolution and the Customary Regulation of Labour
  • The Rise of the French Working Class: Republican and Socialist Struggles against Extra-Economic Exploitation
  • The State-Led Capitalist Transformation of French Industry
  • Capitalism and the Re-making of the French Working Class
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • References
  • Index.