The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700-1920

by Johnson, Christopher H.

• ISBN13: 9780195045086
• ISBN10: 0195045084
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this seminal book, Christopher Johnson writes a full-scale study of the rise and decline of industrialization in the Bas-Languedoc region of France. Working within a broad 200-year frame, Johnson examines the process of how and why a successful industrial region transformed itself to agriculture. Johnson is primarily interested in de-industrialization, which sets him apart from previous historians who have studied regions only in terms of the growth toward industrialization.

Author Biography

Christopher H. Johnson is Professor of History at Wayne State University.

Table of Contents

Maps and Photographs	p. xv
Prologue: Industrial Languedoc from Colbert to Chaptal	p. 3
Industrial Capitalism and Social Upheaval, 1815-1851
Restoration Uncertainties	p. 25
Crucible of Conflict: Industrial Languedoc Under the July Monarchy	p. 46
Le Monde des Fabricants	p. 67
Workers' Lives	p. 95
1848	p. 118
Deindustrialization, 1851-1920
A Mining Empire That Might Have Been	p. 153
A Railroad That Never Was	p. 176
Deindustrialization	p. 197
La Defense Viticole and the Politics of Deindustrialization, 1880-1920	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 254
Notes	p. 261
Index	p. 297
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