This note is about Mathilde Maurel's work on the efficiency of the European regionalism both in the aftermath of the First World War and the demise of the Austro-Hungarian empire on the one hand, and the disintegration of the Soviet bloc after 1989 on the other hand.

The author of this paper intends to compare two industrial territories from western France: Chateau-Renault and Surgères. Chateau-Renault is a tanning center, and the city of Surgères houses a vast dairy. The industries of both areas deal with products of animal origins deriving from...

For three years under Pompidou’s presidency, Chaban Delmas had to restart the process of modernising and industrialising French economy whilst altogether trying to put a ceiling to the inflationary trends spurred by the “May 68” events and the large easiness in wages increases and in...