| Clermont de Lodeve 1633 1789: Fluctuations in the Prosperity of a Languedocian Cloth-Making Town Revised Edition Contributor(s): Thomson, J. K. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521541093 ISBN-13: 9780521541091 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Clermont-de-Lod�, a Languedocian cloth-making town, experienced two major cycles in its development. In the seventeenth century unprecedented prosperity was followed by deep and prolonged depression, and in the eighteenth a rapid, if irregular, industrial expansion was interrupted by a major crisis and followed by a painful and protracted decline. The purpose of this book is to describe the economic and social manifestations of these cycles as precisely as the sources permit, focussing in particular on the varying characteristics of Clermont's elite. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Series: Fluctuations in the Prosperity of a Languedocian Cloth-Makin |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 520 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Clermont-de-Lod ve, a Languedocian cloth-making town, experienced two major cycles in its development. In the seventeenth century unprecedented prosperity was followed by deep and prolonged depression, and in the eighteenth a rapid, if irregular, industrial expansion was interrupted by a major crisis and followed by a painful and protracted decline. The purpose of this book is to describe the economic and social manifestations of these cycles as precisely as the sources permit, focussing in particular on the varying characteristics of Clermont's elite. |