{"product_id":"forging-political-identity-silk-and-metal-workers-in-lyon-france-1900-1939-9781845456450","title":"Forging Political Identity: Silk and Metal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tEscaping the traditional focus on Paris, the author examines the divergent political identities of two occupational groups in Lyon, metal and silk workers, who, despite having lived and worked in the same city, developed different patterns of political practices and bore distinct political identities. This book also examines in detail the way that gender relations influenced industrial change, skill, and political identity. Combining empirical data collected in French archives with social science theory and methods, this study argues that political identities were shaped by the intersection of the prevailing political climate with the social relations surrounding work in specific industrial settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAn exhaustive study [that]…discusses many of the labor issues that would continue to define these relations in the second half of the twentieth century and invites us to reflect on the power of workers whose words and deeds still inform politics in France today\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cb\u003e·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAll in all, this is a brilliant work that combines a depth of sophisticated, nuanced analysis with a clear, crisp writing style. New insights are unearthed from its detailed study of Lyon labour that will increase our understanding of the French working class during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Whether one ultimately agrees with the author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003es contentions, one must be impressed by the brilliance of his arguments and the firmness of his evidence.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cb\u003e·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eMann does a masterful job analyzing the social basis of working class political identity in Lyon — and beyond — between 1900 and 1935\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cb\u003e·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgainst the Current\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe approach is a carefully constructed synthesis: on the one hand, it is gendered, open to the insights of poststructuralism and the cultural turn, and rejects base and superstructure; on the other, it embraces the importance of structural patterns of development… Its great methodological virtue is its marriage of the concepts of social movement theory, in particular the political opportunity structure, and the serious archival research that one would expect from labor history.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Historical Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“With this book Keith Mann carries forward a vital tradition of North American labor history inspired by the work of Charles and Louise Tilly. Constructed around the dialectics of skill, technological change, and the organization of the labor process in Lyon’s two key industries, while grounded in the distinctiveness of a particular spatial community shaped dynamically through time, it casts the politics of the Popular Front era in a strikingly original light.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Geoff Eley\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is an important book of exceptionally-high academic quality. With great skill, Mann documents and analyzes the influence of technology and work organization on the character of labor militancy. This book notably advances our understanding of these issues.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Michael Hanagan\u003c\/b\u003e, Vassar College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Keith Mann has written an important book that should be read not only by historians and social scientists but by all interested in movements for social change.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Gerald Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter I: Introduction: French Labor History and Political Identity \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Cultural Turn, Postmodernism, and the Linguistic Turn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA gendered labor history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMaterialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitics and Labor History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSocial and Political Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Identity Formation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Social Relations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Opportunity Structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDesign of Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter II: Industrial Social Relations in France’s Second Industrial Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tProtoindutrialization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tProtoindustrialization and Class Structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Labor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLabor Markets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSkill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCollective Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter III: The French Labor Movement and Worker\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePolitical Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTrade Unions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Parties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWorld War I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFounding of the French Communist Party\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter IV: Political Opportunity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure from 1875 to 1921\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Republic in Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Radicals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Alliance in Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWorld War I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter V: Silk Workers in Lyon, 1900-1921: Structure of the Silk Industry \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWorld War I and Industrial Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tApprenticeship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Skill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRise of Capitalist Labor Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Worker Collective Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe 1903 Strike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTextile Workers and Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter VI: Metalworkers in Lyon, 1900-1921\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure of the Industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGender and Metalworking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWar and Industrial Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Skill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change, Metal Worker Resistance, and Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tApprenticeship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMetal Workers and Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter VII: Political Opportunity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure 1921-1935\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTwo Currents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Communist Party in Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe SFIO in Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe CGTU and the CGTSR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe CGT Programs in Action: Lyon 1919-1935\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMay Day Demonstrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter VIII: Silk Workers 1921-1935\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure of the Silk Industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Deskilling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRise of Capitalist Labor Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Worker Protest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Worker Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSilk Workers and Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter IX: Metal Workers in Lyon, 1921-1935\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure of Metallurgy Industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEmployers' Organizations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Skill Worker Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Change and Metal Worker Militancy and Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMetal Workers and Labor Strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter X: The French Popular Front and Political Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOrigin of the Popular Front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe PCF and the Nation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAlliances and Elections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe 1936 Elections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Imagery of Class and Nation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndustrial Conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGender Inequality and Collective Bargaining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default 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