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Saint-Chamond (săN-shämäN`), city (1990 pop. 39,262), Loire dept., SE France, at the confluence of the Gier and Janon rivers. The city was originally developed in the 19th cent. as a coal-mining center. Its products now include specialty steel construction components, military equipment (tanks), plastics, dyes, and textile products. The remains of a Roman aqueduct are in Saint-Chamond. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The literature on changes in labor processes in manufacturing and industrial work is too numerous to cite, but for some examples that focus on class-formation see Elinor Accampo, Industrialization, Family Life, and Class Relations: Saint-Chamond, 1815-1914 (Berkeley, 1989); Ronald Aminzade, Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871 (Princeton, 1993); Michael P. The Forissier companies are TJ Forissier SA and Fressynet SA, both of Saint-Chamond, which manufacture specialty braids, rope and cable products; and Charbonnet SA, of Beynost, a manufacturer of insulated wire products. |
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