{"product_id":"papermaking-in-eighteenthcentury-france-management-labor-and-revolution-at-the-montgolfier-mill-17611805-9780801863929","title":"Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management  Labor  and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill  1761-1805","description":"\u003cp\u003eEight years before the French Revolution  the paper mill at Vidalon-le-Haut was the setting for a bitter strike and successful lockout. This labor dispute  resulting from conflicts between master papermakers and skilled journeymen  ultimately benefitted the mills owners and administratorsthe Montgolfier family. They converted the 1781 lockout into an opportunity to train a new kind of worker  a malleable employee  and to fashion a new sort of workplace  a theater of technological experiment. Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management  Labor  and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill  1761-1805  gives us history from the workshop up  offering the most comprehensive exploration available of the historical experience of papermaking. Leonard N. Rosenband explains how paper was made  depicting the tools  techniques  raw materials  and seasonable flows of the craft  and explores the many conflicts and compromises between masters and men. Rosenband provides a compelling account of how technological change affected the papermaking industry  transforming an elaborate  established system of production. The Montgolfier archives are a rich source of information  providing records of daily output and procedures  including complex rules ranging from the precise hours of meals and prayer to matters of propriety and personal sanitation. They also provide insight into the attitudes of the Montgolfier family and their workerswhat they made of their trade  their labor  and one another. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67636861370421,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801863929","price":63.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801863929.jpg?v=1791557176","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/papermaking-in-eighteenthcentury-france-management-labor-and-revolution-at-the-montgolfier-mill-17611805-9780801863929","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}