Luxury trades and consumerism in ancien régime Paris
Subtitle: studies in the history of the skilled workforce
By: edited by Robert Fox and Anthony Turner.
Contributors: Fox, Robert, 1938-; Turner, Anthony John.
Publisher: Ashgate; Variorum
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Aldershot, U.K; Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Manufacturing industries -- France -- Paris -- History -- Congresses.; Luxuries -- France -- Paris -- History -- Congresses.; Skilled labor -- France -- Paris -- History -- Congresses.; Consumption (Economics) -- France -- Paris -- History -- Congresses.; Affluent consumers -- France -- Paris -- History -- Congresses.
Notes: English and French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book has its origins in two conferences on 'The skilled workforce in Paris 1500-1800' that were held in Paris and Oxford in April and November 1993"--Pref.