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The Glassworkers of Carmaux

French Craftsmen and Political Action in a Nineteenth-Century City

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$34.00 • £29.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674354418

Publication Date: 10/15/1980

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256 pages

5-1/4 x 8 inches

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