ACLS Humanities E-Book: The weaver's knot: the contradictions of class struggle and family solidarity in western France, 1750-1914

The weaver's knot: the contradictions of class struggle and family solidarity in western France, 1750-1914

Liu, Tessie P., 1955-

Year: c1994.

Publisher: Cornell University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Rural Industries and the Evolution of Capitalist Production

3 The Putting-Out Wilderness: The Vulnerability of Merchants in the Marketplace

4 Winning Control over Entrepreneurship: Merchants and the New Cotton Regime

5 Cooperation and Collectivity: Weavers Mobilize to Retake Control

6 Handloom Weavers in the Age of Powerlooms: The Failures of Mobilization

7 New Domestic Industries: The Sweated Trades

8 The Agricultural Labor Market

9 What Price Dignity? The Transformation of the Weaving Family Economy and the Creation of Cheap Labor

10 Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

The weaver's knot : the contradictions of class struggle and family solidarity in western France, 1750-1914 Tessie P. Liu.

Author:

Liu, Tessie P., 1955-

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The weaver's knot : the contradictions of class struggle and family solidarity in western France, 1750-1914 Tessie P. Liu.
Liu, Tessie P., 1955-
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, c1994.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04525

Subject Headings:

• Textile industry -- France -- Cholet -- History
• Rural industries -- France -- Cholet -- History
• Weavers -- France -- Cholet -- History
• Textile workers -- France -- Cholet -- History
• Cholet (France) -- Rural conditions

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