The French worker : autobiographies from the early industrial era /

This anthology, drawn from the autobiographies of seven men and women whose lives span the nineteenth century, provides a rare glimpse of the everyday lives of workers in the age of early industrialization in France. Appearing for the first time in English, these stories vividly convey the ambitions...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Andre forfattere: Traugott, Mark
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
fransk
Udgivet: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1993.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501238
Beskrivelse
Summary:This anthology, drawn from the autobiographies of seven men and women whose lives span the nineteenth century, provides a rare glimpse of the everyday lives of workers in the age of early industrialization in France. Appearing for the first time in English, these stories vividly convey the ambitions, hardships, and reversals of ordinary people struggling to gain a measure of respectability. The workers' livelihoods are diverse: chair.
Emne beskrivelse:Translated from the French.
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (xi, 382 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780520912908
052091290X
0585082405
9780585082400
0520079310
0520079329
9780520079328