Constructing Paris in the age of revolution
By: Allan Potofsky.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230574717
Subjects: Building -- France -- Paris -- History; France -- History -- 1789-1815
Description: "Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations * Preface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Parisian Construction at the End of the Ancien Re;gime: The Building Trades, The Pre-Industrial Market, And The Guild Debate, 1750-1789 * The Revolution and Construction Guilds, 1789-1793 * Projecting the Revolution on the Parisian Work Site, 1789-1793 * The Building Trades in the Terror and Thermidor, 1793-1795 * Reconciling Commerce and Revolution, 1795-1805 * Constraining Capital, Containing Labor: State Urban Planning In Paris, 1802-1815 * Conclusion and Epilogue * Appendix * Notes and Bibliography.