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The French Worker: Autobiographies from the Early Industrial Era

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This anthology, drawn from the autobiographies of seven men and women whose lives span the nineteenth century, provides a rare glimpse of the everyday lives of workers in the age of early industrialization in France. Appearing for the first time in English, these stories vividly convey the ambitions, hardships, and reversals of ordinary people struggling to gain a measure ...more
Paperback , 408 pages
Published March 25th 1993 by University of California Press (first published February 23rd 1993)
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Really interesting for a collection of early nineteenth century autobiographies. It is so cool to see how people are generally the same, across culture and time. Definitely a great read for being a first-hand and historical work!
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