Abstract
This book tells the story of the principal European intellectual professions from the demise of the Ancien Régime to the rise of the European Union. A historical study which applies sociological concepts, it creates a European-scale picture of the professions spanning over two centuries of change.
Uniting the legal, medical, engineering and accounting professions, it provides a comparative historical and sociological exploration of "Professional Europe".
Indice
The European Professions between Crisis and Transformation
1. Legal Professions
2. Doctors
3. Engineers
4. Accountants
5. Professional Women