Liberalism and social reform industrial growth and progressiste politics in France, 1880-1914
Title:
Liberalism and social reform industrial growth and progressiste politics in France, 1880-1914
Author:
Gordon, David M., 1949-
ISBN:
9780313031700
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (226 p.)
Series:
Contributions to the study of world history, no. 55
Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 55.
Contents:
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Industrial Growth and Socialist Success at Roubaix; 2. Eugène Motte and the Bourgeois Political Resurgence; 3. Georges Claudinon and the Industrial Revival at Le Chambon-Feugerolles; 4. Industrial Crisis and Progressiste Success at Rive-de-Gier; 5. François de Wendel and Progressiste Politics in Industrial Lorraine; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index;
Abstract:
This book examines the heroic spirit of French industrial capitalism prior to World War I, and the role certain industrialists played in ensuring the success and stability of the country's economic and political order. It focuses in particular on the success of innovative manufacturers in France's chief industrial centers, the Nord, Loire, and Lorraine, where failing industrialists were saved through the introduction of new manufacturing techniques. It was only when Socialists abandoned revolutionary aims that they were able to successfully compete against their ÎprogressisteR̂ rivals. Democr.
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