Preface; 1. Introduction: social history and the language of labour; 2. Mechanical arts and the corporate idiom; 3. Journeymen's brotherhoods; 4. The abolition of privilege; 5. From gens de métier to sans-culottes; 6. A revolution in property; 7. Industrial society; 8. Workers' corporations; 9. The July revolution and the emergence of class consciousness; 10. The paradoxes of labour; 11. The revolution of 1848; 12. Conclusion: the dialectic of revolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Work and Revolution in France is particularly appropriate for students of French history interested in the crucial revolutions that took place in 1789, 1830, and 1848.
'This is one of the rare books that succeed in marrying ideas and events, respecting the autonomy of each, and examining their influence upon each other in a thoroughly convincing way. It's interest therefore transcends its immediate subject and it should appeal to anyone concerned about how things happen in history. At the same time it provides a lucid and original account of the evolution of the French urban worker artisan, through sans-culotte, to class-conscious proletarian ... It is an important book that students are going to need - and enjoy - for a long time to come.' Norman Hampson, Professor of History, University of York
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