Ambitions Tamed : Urban Expansion in Pre-Revolutionary Lyon.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Chronological Landmarks -- Key Institutions in Eighteenth-Century Lyon -- Units of Measurement -- Monetary Units and Prices -- Illustrations -- Introduction Entrepreneurship in a Premodern Context -- 1 The Making of a Vocation -- 2 Decisive Years: The Saint-Clair Experience -- 3 Conceiving the Brotteaux and Securing a Monopoly -- 4 Opposition in Context -- 5 The Saint-Clair Bridge: A Well-managed Enterprise and Successful Monopoly -- 6 Resistance to Expansion -- 7 A Fine Balance -- Epilogue and Conclusions -- APPENDICES -- 1 Jean-Antoine Morand's Accounts, 1748-1793 (Business and Personal) -- 2 Ownership of the Saint-Clair Bridge (Number of Shares Held, 1786-1793) -- 3 Brotteaux Lands Sold by Morand (with Comparisons) -- 4 The Cost of Real Estate in or near Lyon -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

Entrepreneurship and the promise of a better city in an age of powerful ideas, eager moves, and mixed results.

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