The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France, 1770-1840: The Contribution of Pierre-Francois Tubeuf

ISBN-13: 9780198228950 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 352 str.

Gwynne Lewis; Andrew Lewis

Opis

This is the story of one of the most dynamic entrepreneurs in modern French history. Drawing upon a wealth of archival and private documentation. Lewis uncovers the history of Pierre-Francois Tubeuf and assesses his contribution to the development of industry in France. Lewis explores the relationship between seigneurial, proto-industrial, and modern forms of capitalism in the Cevennes region of southeastern France in the eighteenth century, and demonstrates the international scope of proto-industrialization. This subtle and scholarly study seeks to unravel the complex problems associated with the impact of the French Revolution on the processes of modern French capitalism. Lewis traces the responses of a wide variety of individuals, including Tubeuf and his greatest rival, the marechal de Castries. He examines the epic struggle of these two powerful men for control of the rich coal-mines of the region, and their legacy to succeeding generations.
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Recenzje

'Gwynne Lewis has succeeded in writing a book which, through its recognition of the 'inter-relationship which exists between economic, political, social and cultural changes', helps us to place the entrepreneur in time and place and to appreciate more fully the often overwhelming character of his (and her)problems. Economic history is too important to leave to the number crunchers!' Roger Price, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Labour History Review, Vol. 59, No. 2, Autumn, 1994