Michael P. Fitzsimmons is Professor of History at Auburn University Montgomery. His previous works include The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution, The Remaking of France, and The Night the Old Regime Ended, in addition to articles appearing in multiple scholarly journals.

• Introduction; 1. The decline and demise of guilds, 1776–91; 2. The new regime begins, 1792–9; 3. The re-emergence of guilds as a policy issue, 1800–11; 4. The triumph of mechanization, 1812–21; Conclusion.

'Michael Fitzsimmons has produced a richly documented study that is remarkably wide ranging and insightful. Better yet, From Artisan to Worker places economic considerations at the heart of politics and demonstrates that state policy formulation was as much a product of pragmatic responses to circumstance as ideology or political culture.' Robert Alexander, University of Victoria

Michael P. Fitzsimmons is Professor of History at Auburn University Montgomery. His previous works include The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution, The Remaking of France, and The Night the Old Regime Ended, in addition to articles appearing in multiple scholarly journals.

• Introduction; 1. The decline and demise of guilds, 1776–91; 2. The new regime begins, 1792–9; 3. The re-emergence of guilds as a policy issue, 1800–11; 4. The triumph of mechanization, 1812–21; Conclusion.

'Michael Fitzsimmons has produced a richly documented study that is remarkably wide ranging and insightful. Better yet, From Artisan to Worker places economic considerations at the heart of politics and demonstrates that state policy formulation was as much a product of pragmatic responses to circumstance as ideology or political culture.' Robert Alexander, University of Victoria

Michael P. Fitzsimmons is Professor of History at Auburn University Montgomery. His previous works include The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution, The Remaking of France, and The Night the Old Regime Ended, in addition to articles appearing in multiple scholarly journals.

• Introduction; 1. The decline and demise of guilds, 1776–91; 2. The new regime begins, 1792–9; 3. The re-emergence of guilds as a policy issue, 1800–11; 4. The triumph of mechanization, 1812–21; Conclusion.

'Michael Fitzsimmons has produced a richly documented study that is remarkably wide ranging and insightful. Better yet, From Artisan to Worker places economic considerations at the heart of politics and demonstrates that state policy formulation was as much a product of pragmatic responses to circumstance as ideology or political culture.' Robert Alexander, University of Victoria