Clermont-de-Lodève, 1633-1789: fluctuations in the prosperity of a Languedocian cloth-making town

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Clermont-de-Lodève, 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, industria...

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Main Author: Thomson, J. K. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1982
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Summary:In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Clermont-de-Lodève, 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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 502 pages)
ISBN:9780511523519
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511523519

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