The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930

Acknowledgments ix Prologue 1(10) Introduction: Laying the Foundations for Modern Capitalism in France, 1500-1800 11(22) I From Merchant Capitalism to Finance Capitalism 1 Continuity and Change in Merchant Capitalism, 1800-1840's 33(34) 2 The Revolution in Banking and Transportation, 1850's-1870's 67(29) 3 The New World of Financial and Commercial Capitalism, 1870's-1900's 96(35) II The Flowering of Industrial Capitalism 4 Textile Capitalism 131(30) 5 The Capitalism of Coal 161(16) 6 The Capitalism of Iron and Steel 177(21) 7 Hardware, Machinery, and Construction 198(21) 8 The Capitalism of Chemicals 219(18) 9 The Capitalism of Glass, Paper, and Print 237(28) 10 Industrial Capitalism and Consumer Goods 265(30) 11 The New World of Industrial Capitalism 295(38) III The Second Industrial Revolution and the Beginnings of Managerial Capitalism, 1880's-1930's 12 Big Steel 333(39) 13 The Electrical Industry 372(28) 14 The Automobile and Its Allies 400(32) 15 Chemicals and Materials 432(29) 16 The New World of Managerial Capitalism 461(22) Conclusion: France on the Verge 483(12) Notes 495(66) Index 561