Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805

• Main Author: Rosenband, Leonard N
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2000
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Industrial relations; Industrial relations-France-Annonay-History; Montgolfier family; Paper industry; Paper industry-France-Annonay-History

This case study of the Montgolfier mill, adding details about technological innovation and shopfloor relations during a time of social unrest, enriches the current debate about the nature and impact of capitalism in France during the years leading up to the French Revolution.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Money, Weights, and Measures -- Part One: An Old Industry -- Chapter One: French Industry in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter Two: Making Paper -- Chapter Three: The Montgolfiers and Their Craft -- Chapter Four: Rags, Regulation, and Government Stimulation -- Part Two: The "Modes" and the Lockout of 1781 -- Chapter Five: Building the Beaters and the Journeymen's Custom -- Chapter Six: The Lockout -- Part Three: Managing to Rule -- Chapter Seven: The New Regime -- Chapter Eight: Hiring and Firing -- Chapter Nine: Paternalism -- Chapter Ten: Wages -- Chapter Eleven: Discipline -- Part Four: Measuring Change -- Chapter Twelve: Technological Transfer -- Chapter Thirteen: Persistence -- Chapter Fourteen: Attitudes -- Chapter Fifteen: Productivity -- Chapter Sixteen: The Hierarchy of Vats -- Part Five: The End of Hand Papermaking -- Chapter Seventeen: The French Revolution and the Papermaking Machine -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Tables and Graph -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index