France in the Age of Organization: Factory, Home and Nation from the 1920s to Vichy

by Jackie Clarke

Book Overview

In interwar France, there was a growing sense that 'organization' was the solution to the nation's perceived social, economic and political ills. This book examines the roots of this idea in the industrial rationalization movement and its manifestations in areas as diverse as domestic organization and economic planning. In doing so, it shows how experts in fields ranging from engineering to the biological sciences shaped visions of a rational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782380914
• ISBN13: 9781782380917
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"