{"product_id":"leon-harmel-entrepreneur-as-catholic-social-reformer-paperback","title":"Léon Harmel: Entrepreneur as Catholic Social Reformer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan L. Coffey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéon Harmel\u003c\/em\u003e is a penetrating study of the French industrialist who from 1870 to 1914 advanced social Catholic and Christian democratic movements by improving factory conditions and empowering workers. Joan Coffey's fascinating new book represents the first major study of Léon Harmel in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarmel's model factory at Val-des-Bois demonstrated that mutual accord and respect were possible between labor and management. Harmel turned his profitable spinning mill into a Christian corporation. His ethical business practices captured the attention of Pope Leo XIII and inspired his encyclical \u003cem\u003eRerum Novarum\u003c\/em\u003e. Harmel also encouraged his workers to make pilgrimages to Rome. The collaboration of Pope Leo XIII and Léon Harmel laid the foundation of enterprises that collectively became known as Christian democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive archival sources, including the Vatican Archives, Joan Coffey's work skillfully analyzes the personal relationship between Pope Leo XIII and Léon Harmel. \u003cem\u003eLéon Harmel\u003c\/em\u003e also offers a timely reminder of the power of personal ethics and provides a refreshing antidote to today's business climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is to the credit of his biographer that [Coffey] turns to the best sources so as to give us an exact account of a man of action who engaged in the debates of his time and devoted himself to those undertakings that he knew he could see through. --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Markets and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eLeon Harmel\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution to understanding the Catholic social tradition by documenting his significant influence on Catholic social teaching. [W]e can be grateful for the legacy of [Joan Coffey's] impressive scholarship. Coffey has produced an impressive intellectual biography of Leon Harmel.\" --\u003ci\u003eCistercian Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This model of careful scholarship and felicitous style deserves to be read by all students of modern French history. Essential.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Joan Coffey's book on Leon Harmel is a remarkable achievement in a number of ways. It provides a credible portrait of a French industrialist, turning the flat, cardboard caricature of the 'industrial bourgeoisie' into something both singular and complex. It enriches labor history and social history by wedding them with cultural history. It also reminds us that the tensions between corporate culture and employee autonomy are not of recent invention.\" --Raymond Jonas, author of \u003ci\u003eFrance and the Cult of the Sacred Heart\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Coffey does a masterful job of situating Leon Harmel--his life, his work, his ideology--in the context of French political and social turmoil in the last third of the nineteenth century. Coffey's extraordinary synthesis of scholarly works on social, gender, and labor history is as impressive as her original archival research, making this book an important resource for any historian of France or of social issues. Beautifully written, it is also a great pleasure to read.\" --Elinor Accampo, University of Southern California \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joan L. Coffey (1926-2013) was associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan L. Coffey is associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740249100384,"sku":"9780268159191","price":104.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/rw-MHsHzYi9780268159191.webp?v=1778086426","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/leon-harmel-entrepreneur-as-catholic-social-reformer-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}