Saragosse et Toulouse à la fin de l’époque corporative: une approche comparative

Abstract

Social changes in big cities that were not among the centers of the first wave of in turn of XVIIIth and XIXth centuries industrialization are most frequently studied from the perspective of their comparative underdevelopment. Spain’s Zaragoza, like France’sToulouse, is an inland regional center shaped by anover-representation of «élites» and by the importance of guilds in the urban economy. However, after theFrench Revolution, Toulouse experienced a break with past practice that Zaragoza did not. What consequences might this gap have had on the development of the two cities? Identifying change to socio-professional structures in both cities, as well as analyzing onomastic structures of the craft industry world offers evidence for an answer.