Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939

This study focuses on the efforts of Oyonnax’s socialists to change mentalities in their town, a community of small-scale industry based on family enterprises, a working-class fortress between the wars. The socialist leaders sought to reduce the masculine ambiance of the party and of the People’s Ho...

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Main Author: Charles Sowerwine
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Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2016-03-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
Les Cahiers de Framespa
socialism
labour movement
equality
artisanate
woman
title Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
title_full Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
title_fullStr Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
title_full_unstemmed Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
title_short Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939
title_sort les femmes le socialisme et l organisation du travail oyonnax ain 1890 1939
topic socialism
labour movement
equality
artisanate
woman
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