 Trade Associations and Economic Regulation in the Lyons Fabrique: From the 1860s to the 1920sPierre Vernus ()
Chapter Chapter 6 in Industrial Districts in History and the Developing World, 2016, pp 83-100 from Springer Abstract: Abstract In the 1860s Lyons was the main European center for the production of silk fabrics and one of the major global silk trade centers. Its fabrique (silk industry) exhibited the characteristics of the Marshallian industrial district or those of a cluster. This chapter deals with the actions of the chambres syndicales (trade associations) founded by silk merchants and merchants-manufacturers in the 1860s onward. It will first map the institutional landscape that enabled the working of the fabrique before the end of the 1860s. Next, it will examine the emergence of formal trade associations and the challenges, arising from shortage of high-quality raw silk produced in Europe, among other things that these associations had to deal with. Lastly, it will identify the kinds of responses that they attempted to provide for maintaining credibility of the Lyons fabrique in specific fields such as commercial and economic information, product quality, and evolving commercial customs. Keywords: Fabrique (silk industry); Lyon; Marshallian industrial district; Chambres syndicales (trade association); Product quality (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stechp:978-981-10-0182-6_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0182-6_6 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Economic History from Springer |
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