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A Workforce Divided

Community, Labor, and the State in Saint-Nazaire's Shipbuilding Industry, 1880-1910
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In this study of the life and work of Faint-Nazaire's shipbuilding workers in the 30 years before World War I, Schuster shows that the consequences of industrial production for workers differed sharply according their their resources and experiences. She details the competing identities and divergent values maintained by shipbuilding workers, demonstrating that they were fostered by the interaction between state programs, industrial production, and the traditions pursued in the local realm. Third Republic economic policies for shipbuilding promoted unemployment and worker dependence on state officials over union leaders, and the uneven application of capitalist methods of production meant multiple workplace experiences that

Author Biography:

LESLIE A. SCHUSTER is Associate Professor of History at Rhode Island College.
Release date NZ
December 30th, 2002
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
248
Dimensions
156x234x15
ISBN-13
9780313317750
Product ID
6497229

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