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The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) [Hardcover]

Jeff Horn (Author)

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: MIT Press; 1st Edition edition (22 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0262083523
ISBN-13: 978-0262083522
Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,173,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Ambitious and pugnacious... not without relevance to present debates." Robert Tombs Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Clearly written and drawing on an impressive range of sources, this is an account of importance not only for French history, but also for analyses of economic development." Jeremy Black History "It is ambitious and broad ranging in its conceptualization; its argument is original, deeply-researched, and compelling." John Shovlin Journal of Modern History

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In The Path Not Taken, Jeff Horn argues that--contrary to standard, Anglocentric accounts--French industrialization was not a failed imitation of the laissez-faire British model but the product of a distinctive industrial policy that led, over the long term, to prosperity comparable to Britain's. Despite the upheavals of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, France developed and maintained its own industrial strengths. France was then able to take full advantage of the new technologies and industries that emerged in the "second industrial revolution," and by the end of the nineteenth century some of France's industries were outperforming Britain's handily. The Path Not Taken shows that the foundations of this success were laid during the first industrial revolution.Horn posits that the French state's early attempt to emulate Britain's style of industrial development foundered because of revolutionary politics. The "threat from below" made it impossible for the state or entrepreneurs to control and exploit laborers in the British manner. The French used different means to manage labor unruliness and encourage innovation and entrepreneurialism. Technology is at the heart of Horn's analysis, and he shows that France, unlike England, often preferred still-profitable older methods of production in order to maintain employment and forestall revolution. Horn examines the institutional framework established by Napoleon's most important Minister of the Interior, Jean-Antoine Chaptal. He focuses on textiles, chemicals, and steel, looks at how these new institutions created a new industrial environment. Horn's illuminating comparison of French and British industrialization should stir debate among historians, economists, and political scientists.

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