| 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: 1349493996 ISBN-13: 9781349493999 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 331.767 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.81 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| 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. |