Bouchayers of Grenoble and French Industrial Enterprise, 1850-1970 by Robert J. Smith (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-100801866839
ISBN-139780801866838
eBay Product ID (ePID)1760561
Product Key Features
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBouchayers of Grenoble and French Industrial Enterprise, 1850-1970
SubjectCultural Heritage, Europe / General, Business
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert J. Smith
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-011758
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews''[Robert J. Smith's] close reconstruction of the cultural identities of four generations of the Bouchayers, and especially the strategies and tensions embedded in succession to the role of patron, widen our understanding of the calculating and claustrophobic world that this family made and inhabited.'' -- Leonard N. Rosenband, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "An absorbing case study of the type of family firm that loomed large in French industry, carefully set in its economic and political context, and convincingly analyzed in terms of opportunities grasped or scorned... Very readable and full of insights into the values of a section of the patronat."--Colin Heywood, History, "[An] extraordinary interesting and valuable book... it is strongly recommended for the serious student of business or capital history and should have a place in any business library."--Eric A. Arnold, Jr., History: Reviews of Books, "[Robert J. Smith's] close reconstruction of the cultural identities of four generations of the Bouchayers, and especially the strategies and tensions embedded in succession to the role of patron, widen our understanding of the calculating and claustrophobic world that this family made and inhabited."--Leonard N. Rosenband, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.092/244 B
Table Of ContentContents: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Building A Family Enterprise Chapter 2: The Brothers Bouchayer and the Electric Age Chapter 3: The Great War, Patriotism, and Profit Chapter 4: At the Crossroads: Adversity during the Postwar Years Chapter 5: A Cautious Patron: Surviving the Great Depression Chapter 6: The Vichy Years: Reluctant Collaboration Chapter 7: A New Generation: Modernizing the Firm Chapter 8: The Decline and Fall of an Industrial Dynasty Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe son of a village nail maker, Joseph Bouchayer forged a new identity in Grenoble and left as his legacy a thriving metalworking firm--Bouchayer et Viallet. His sons made this enterprise the dominant French producer of pipelines for the hydroelectric industry before 1914. As the Bouchayers became grands bourgeois, however, leisure, largesse, and ......, The son of a village nail maker, Joseph Bouchayer forged a new identity in Grenoble and left as his legacy a thriving metalworking firm--Bouchayer et Viallet. His sons made this enterprise the dominant French producer of pipelines for the hydroelectric industry before 1914. As the Bouchayers became grands bourgeois, however, leisure, largesse, and individual prowess gradually displaced work, frugality, and family ties as core values. Without imaginative entrepreneurship after 1930, the firm lost momentum and finally terminated its century-old manufacturing operations in 1970. In The Bouchayers of Grenoble and French Industrial Enterprise, 1850-1970, historian Robert J. Smith explores a classic trajectory reminiscent of Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks. Drawing on family papers and business records spanning four generations, this narrative of the ascent of the Bouchayers and the eventual decline of their firm illuminates the complex relationship between family and class in the formation of modern industrial economies. Because France remained an essentially rural society until the twentieth century, its industrial development depended heavily on peasants and artisans who entered the middle class by founding family firms. An elusive thread in French history, the rise and fall of such firms reveals what was at stake for individuals, families, and enterprise in the transition to modernity., The son of a village nail maker, Joseph Bouchayer forged a new identity in Grenoble and left as his legacy a thriving metalworking firm - Bouchayer et Viallet. His sons made this enterprise the dominant French producer of pipelines for the hydroelectric industry before 1914. As the Bouchayers became grands bourgeois, however, leisure, largesse, and individual prowess gradually displaced work, frugality, and family ties as core values. Without imaginative entrepreneurship after 1930, the firm lost momentum and finally terminated its century-old manufacturing operations in 1970.
LC Classification NumberHC272.5.B67S6 2001
