The French economy in the Twentieth century
- ISBN: 9780521667876
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2004
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. None
- Colección: New Studies in Economic and Social History
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 151
- Idiomas: Inglés
Is France still proving itself to be an exception to European economic development? Jean-Pierre Dormois surveys France's spectacular economic transformation over the past century. His general introduction to the major transformation of French society tackles the key themes associated with France, such as "Malthusianism", "exceptionalism" and "Colbertism", as well as those found in standard country economic assessments such as the role of human capital formation, economic institutions, and openness to the rest of the world. Contents 1. The end of French exceptionalism 2. French economic performance in international perspective 3. France and the wider world 4. The changing guises of Colbertism 5. The institutions of French capitalism 6. Labour: the French at work 7. Tilling and grazing: lifeblood or strain? 8. Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, post-industrialisation Conclusion.
