| Work, Regulation, and Identity in Provincial France: The Bordeaux Leather Trades, 1740-1815 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Heimmermann, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 113743855X ISBN-13: 9781137438553 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 331.767 |
| LCCN: 2014006205 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.12 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |