Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Languedoc
- 3 Clermont-de-Lodève
- 4 Clermont during the seventeenth century
- 5 Colbert, Languedoc, Saptes, Villenouvette
- 6 Villenouvette succeeds
- 7 Villenouvette and Clermont
- 8 The first thirty years, 1695–1724
- 9 The second thirty years, 1725–54
- 10 A change in policy and its consequences, 1754–9
- 11 The last thirty years, 1760–89, ‘The Age of Iron’: an explanation
- 12 Conclusion: the end of the cycle
- Appendix 1 Languedoc's intendants, 1673–1789
- Appendix 2 Clermont's inspectors, 1727–91
- Appendix 3 Glossary of cloth types, textile and administrative terms, weights and measures
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - A change in policy and its consequences, 1754–9
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Languedoc
- 3 Clermont-de-Lodève
- 4 Clermont during the seventeenth century
- 5 Colbert, Languedoc, Saptes, Villenouvette
- 6 Villenouvette succeeds
- 7 Villenouvette and Clermont
- 8 The first thirty years, 1695–1724
- 9 The second thirty years, 1725–54
- 10 A change in policy and its consequences, 1754–9
- 11 The last thirty years, 1760–89, ‘The Age of Iron’: an explanation
- 12 Conclusion: the end of the cycle
- Appendix 1 Languedoc's intendants, 1673–1789
- Appendix 2 Clermont's inspectors, 1727–91
- Appendix 3 Glossary of cloth types, textile and administrative terms, weights and measures
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
France, though no doubt a richer country than Scotland, seems not to be going forward so fast. It is a common and even a popular opinion in the country that it is going backwards.
(A. Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1, 108)Monsieur Jars should above all investigate why English industry is so much in advance of that in France and how far the difference, as may be assumed, rests on the fact that the English are not saddled either with règlements or an inspectorate.
(Instructions to Gabriel Jars, French engineer, in connection with his visit to metallurgical concerns in England, 1764, cited by Heckscher, Mercantilism, 1, 199)Cette différente façon de penser qui détermine Ladministration politique dun estat, demande des règlements, un frain pour les françois, dans le temps même que la liberté peut convenir aux anglais; incy notre routte doit estre différente pour venir à la même fin.
(Mathieu Pradier, ex-Clermontais clothier and retired inspecteur-général to secretary at intendancy, 21 October 1753, ADH C2520)‘Fixation’ and the various other measures which limited competition between clothiers had always had their opponents.
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