Author: Liu, Tessie P.
Title: The Weaver's Knot: The Contradictions of Class Struggle and Family Solidarity in Western France, 1750-1914
Description: thaca [NY], Cornell University Press, (1994). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii, 279 pp.. Textual map & tables.. Minor rubbing. A label to rear cover. VG. ¶ Contents: Rural Industries & the Evolution of Capitalist Production; The Putting-Out of Wilderness: The Vulnerability of Merchants in the Marketplace; Winning Control over Entrepreneurship: Merchants & the Cotton Regime; Cooperation & Collectivity: Weavers Mobilize to Retake Control; Handloom Weavers in the Age of Powerlooms: The Failures of Mobilization; New Domestic Industires. The Sweated Trades; The Agricultural Labor Market;What Price Dignity? The Transformation of the Weaving Family Economy & the Creation of Cheap Labor; Conclusions.

Keywords: Historical Sociology, Social History, Labor Labour Rural, France Cholet, Weaving Industry, Industrial, Weavers, Family Economy, Textile Workers