Escaping the traditional focus on Paris, the author examines the divergent political identities of two occupational groups in Lyon, metal and silk workers, who, despite having lived and worked in the same city, developed different patterns of political practices and bore distinct political identities. This book also examines in detail the way that gender relations influenced industrial change, skill, and political identity. Combining empirical data collected in French archives with social science theory and methods, this study argues that political identities were shaped by the intersection of the prevailing political climate with the social relations surrounding work in specific industrial settings.
Table des matières
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter I: Introduction: French Labor History and Political Identity
- The Cultural Turn, Postmodernism, and the Linguistic Turn
- A gendered labor history
- Materialism
- Politics and Labor History
- Social and Political Identity
- Political Identity Formation
- Industrial Social Relations
- Political Opportunity Structure
- Design of Study
Chapter II: Industrial Social Relations in France’s Second Industrial Revolution
- Protoindutrialization
- Protoindustrialization and Class Structure
- Industrial Change and Labor
- Labor Markets
- Skill
- Collective Resistance
- Conclusion
Chapter III: The French Labor Movement and Worker Political Identity
- Trade Unions
- Political Parties
- World War I
- Founding of the French Communist Party
Chapter IV: Political Opportunity
- Structure from 1875 to 1921
- The Republic in Lyon
- The Radicals
- The Alliance in Lyon
- World War I
- Conclusion
Chapter V: Silk Workers in Lyon, 1900-1921: Structure of the Silk Industry
- World War I and Industrial Change
- Apprenticeship
- Industrial Change and Skill
- Rise of Capitalist Labor Market
- Industrial Change and Worker Collective Action
- The 1903 Strike
- Textile Workers and Politics
- Conclusion
Chapter VI: Metalworkers in Lyon, 1900-1921
- Structure of the Industry
- Gender and Metalworking
- War and Industrial Development
- Industrial Change and Skill
- Industrial Change, Metal Worker Resistance, and Solidarity
- Apprenticeship
- Metal Workers and Politics
- Conclusion
Chapter VII: Political Opportunity
- Structure 1921-1935
- Two Currents
- The Communist Party in Lyon
- The SFIO in Lyon
- The CGTU and the CGTSR
- The CGT Programs in Action: Lyon 1919-1935
- May Day Demonstrations
- Conclusion
Chapter VIII: Silk Workers 1921-1935
- Structure of the Silk Industry
- Industrial Change and Deskilling
- Rise of Capitalist Labor Market
- Industrial Change and Worker Protest
- Industrial Change and Worker Solidarity
- Silk Workers and Politics
- Conclusion
Chapter IX: Metal Workers in Lyon, 1921-1935
- Structure of Metallurgy Industry
- Employers’ Organizations
- Industrial Change and Skill Worker Resistance
- Industrial Change and Metal Worker Militancy and Solidarity
- Metal Workers and Labor Strategy
- Conclusion
Chapter X: The French Popular Front and Political Identity
- Origin of the Popular Front
- The PCF and the Nation
- Alliances and Elections
- The 1936 Elections
- The Imagery of Class and Nation
- Industrial Conflict
- Gender Inequality and Collective Bargaining
- Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
A propos de l’auteur
Keith Mann is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He specializes in 19th- and 20th-century French social and labor history. His work has appeared in the International Review of Social History, International Labor and Working Class History, Labor History, and Le mouvement social.
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