Clermont de Lodeve 1633 1789: Fluctuations in the Prosperity of a Languedocian Cloth-Making Town

By J.K.J. Thomson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541093
• ISBN13: 9780521541091
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"