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Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on January 26, 2009
Enterprise and Society 2009 10(2):304-334; doi:10.1093/es/khp002
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Looking for "Industrial Confraternity" Small-Scale Industries and Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Claire Lemercier

CLAIRE LEMERCIER is a CNRS researcher at the Institute for Early-Modern and Modern History, Paris. She is currently working on a book on the resolution of commercial and labor disputes in 19th-century Paris. E-mail: Claire.Lemercier{at}ens.fr

This research focuses on luxury and fashion industries, especially artificial flower making. This sector of small businesses was often described as totally unregulated but efficient. A very successful union (in terms of membership), nevertheless, was created in 1858. I investigate the motives of its founders and the reality of its economic influence. It acted as a service firm, allowing small businesses to lower transaction costs, and as a conciliation board. However, to understand its creation, success, and limits, other factors must be taken into account, such as political opportunities and the founders’ organizational repertoire.

I would like to thank Jean-Claude Daumas and Francesca Carnevali, without whom there would be no paper. Stéphane Buzzi, Alain Chatriot, Pierre François, Erhard Friedberg, Hélène Lemesle, and Sylvain Salagnac, in various and sometimes unusual discussion situations, gave useful advice. Three anonymous referees, and Philip Scranton, a really exceptional editor, have much helped to clarify the arguments and make the paper readable by a wider audience.


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