This collection of essays represents the first focused attempt to treat the professions in France as a single large historical problem. It is at once a contribu
The modern professions have a long history that predates the development of formal institutions and examinations in the nineteenth century. Long before the Vict
Professions are central to any political sociology of major associations, organizations and venues in civil society underpinning democracy; they are not a subse
Bringing together eight internationally known social historians from Europe and Israel, the book reveals the commonalities that link European societies together
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