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Stonemasons Of Creuse 19th Cencb
Casey Harison
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Hardback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
This book connects the story of a group of migrant workers to the question of why Paris became the nineteenth century's 'capital of revolution,' and why this stage of the city ended. The stonemasons were well known for their skills, and their seasonal migration from central France, but especially for their role in rebellions. They were set apart by a persistent reputation tying them to the city's tumultuous history and to the revolutionary legacy of a physical location: the Place de Grève. Parisians and police saw the masons as part of the 'dangerous classes,' while to bosses they were 'docile.' ... Read more
This book connects the story of a group of migrant workers to the question of why Paris became the nineteenth century's 'capital of revolution,' and why this stage of the city ended. The stonemasons were well known for their skills, and their seasonal migration from central France, but especially for their role in rebellions. They were set apart by a persistent reputation tying them to the city's tumultuous history and to the revolutionary legacy of a physical location: the Place de Grève. Parisians and police saw the masons as part of the 'dangerous classes,' while to bosses they were 'docile.' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611490862
SKU
V9781611490862
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Ref
99-15
About Casey Harison
Casey Harison is associate professor of history at the University of Southern Indiana.
Reviews for Stonemasons Of Creuse 19th Cencb
This book will inform students of a major industry and introduce them to Nadaud, selections from whose memoirs are included in Mark Traugott's indispensable The French Worker: Autobiographies from the Early Industrial Era (1993).
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