Glassworkers of Carmaux

Joan Wallach Scott is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and winner of the Herbert Baxter Adams and the Joan Kelly prizes of the American Historical Association.

• Introduction 1. Carmaux, 1850-1890 2. The Craft of the Glassworker 3. Glassworkers and Miners: A Contrast 4. Mechanization 5. Socialism 6. The Strike of 1895 7. New Glassworkers and Old, 1896-1914 Epilogue: Three Portraits Appendix Bibliography Notes Index

A model for urban history studies. Utilizing the current techniques of quantitative measurements but without sacrificing any of the time-tested tools of the profession, [Scott] has traced the impact of industrialization and the development of class-consciousness among the French artisan glassworkers in the late 19th century… An absorbing story.