Cover of The Rites of Labor

Book 1995

The Rites of Labor

1 readers

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
English
Published
1995
  • Cultural studies
  • Politics - Current Events
  • History
  • Europe - France
  • France
  • Compagnonnages
  • Working-men's clubs

On 20 March 1848 some eight to ten thousand compagnons gathered at the place de la République for a historic reconciliation of the three major sects of compagnonnage.