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100 1 $aFarr, James Richard,$d1950-
245 14 $aThe work of France :$blabor and culture in early modern times, 1350-1800 /$cJames R. Farr.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield,$cc2008.
300 $axiii, 231 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aCritical issues in history. World and international history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.
505 0 $aPeasants -- Menu Peuple (The "Lesser Folk") -- Artisans -- Merchants, large and small -- Professions: medical practitioners, men of the law, and government officials.
520 1 $a"This clearly written and deeply informed book explores the nature and meaning of work in early modern France. Distinguished historian James R. Farr considers the relationship between material life-specifically the work activities of both men and women-and the culture in which these activities were embedded. This culture, he argues, helped shape the nature of work, invested it with meaning, and fashioned the identities of people across the social spectrum."
520 8 $a"Farr vividly traces the daily lives of peasants, common laborers, domestic servants, prostitutes, street vendors, craftsmen and -women, merchants, men of the law, medical practitioners, and government officials. Work was recognized and valued as a means to earn a living, but it held a greater significance as a cultural marker of honor, identity, and status. Constants and continuities in work activities and their cultural aspects shared space with changes that were so profound and sweeping that France would be forever transformed.
520 8 $aThe author focuses on three salient, interconnected, and at times conflicting developments: the extension and integration of the market economy, the growth of the state's functions and governing apparatus, and the intensification of social hierarchy."--Jacket.
650 0 $aLabor$zFrance$xHistory.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aFarr, James Richard, 1950-$tWork of France.$dLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2008$w(OCoLC)609096519
830 0 $aCritical issues in world and international history.
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