UID:
edocfu_9958057571102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 348 p. )
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ill. ;
Edition:
Reprint 2020
ISBN:
0-520-35106-1
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0-585-04105-9
Content:
Founded in 1855, the Parisian Gas Company (PGC) quickly developed into one of France's greatest industrial enterprises, an exemplar of the new industrial capitalism that was beginning to transform the French economy. The PGC supplied at least half the coal gas consumed in France through the 1870s and became the city's single largest employer of clerical and factory labor. Representing a new form and scale of capitalistic endeavor, the firm's history illuminates the social tensions that accompanied the nation's industrialization and democratization. To study the company over its fifty-year life is to see industrializing France writ small. Using previously untapped company archives, Lenard R. Berlanstein has written a rich and detailed study that skillfully bridges the divide between business, social, and labor history.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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List of Tables --
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Preface --
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1. The Golden Age of a Corporation, 1855-1885 --
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2. The Era of Adjustments, 1885-1905 --
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3. The Decision Makers --
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4. Operating the Company --
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5. The Clerks at Work --
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6. Employees' Grievances and Protest --
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7. An Industrial Labor Force --
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8. Labor Protest in an Era of Social Reform --
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Conclusion --
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Appendix --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-07234-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520351066
