The business culture of the eighteenth century
The case of the company town of San Leucio
Modern business culture also comes from the past. And it is still used an example today. It is not a nostalgia for the economic and social glories of the past, but rather traces a journey taken by the territory, the people and the institutions. Something that left its mark. This is the meaning behind the research collection “Cultura imprenditoriale e storia d’impresa per il complesso di San Leucio” (Entrepreneurial culture and business history of the San Leucio complex), edited by a group of authors specialised in different fields, but with a single aim: to describe the experiment that in the eighteenth century gave rise to an industrial complex for the production of silk in San Leucio (Caserta), which was also a positive example of social organisation.
An experiment, therefore, that can be described by touching on different aspects of what happened. The studies therefore range from welfare and training, dedicated to the “human capital” of San Leucio, seen as a true company town of the period, to the advances of modernity present in the area at the time, the elements of industrial archaeology that help to better understand the technical, productive and social details that characterise San Leucio, the reasons for the decline of the complex and its recent rediscovery.
The idea of San Leucio as an “example for today” is therefore developed through other research, starting from the rediscovery of the nature of the place as a company town, from the identification of its potential, to the outlining of policies and projects for its development.
Reading about San Leucio is enjoyable, among other things, the work also dispels some historical myths about the economic and social backwardness of the South in the past.
Cultura imprenditoriale e storia d’impresa per il complesso di San Leucio (Entrepreneurial culture and business history of the San Leucio complex)
VARIOUS AUTHORS.
Guida Editori, 2024
The case of the company town of San Leucio
Modern business culture also comes from the past. And it is still used an example today. It is not a nostalgia for the economic and social glories of the past, but rather traces a journey taken by the territory, the people and the institutions. Something that left its mark. This is the meaning behind the research collection “Cultura imprenditoriale e storia d’impresa per il complesso di San Leucio” (Entrepreneurial culture and business history of the San Leucio complex), edited by a group of authors specialised in different fields, but with a single aim: to describe the experiment that in the eighteenth century gave rise to an industrial complex for the production of silk in San Leucio (Caserta), which was also a positive example of social organisation.
An experiment, therefore, that can be described by touching on different aspects of what happened. The studies therefore range from welfare and training, dedicated to the “human capital” of San Leucio, seen as a true company town of the period, to the advances of modernity present in the area at the time, the elements of industrial archaeology that help to better understand the technical, productive and social details that characterise San Leucio, the reasons for the decline of the complex and its recent rediscovery.
The idea of San Leucio as an “example for today” is therefore developed through other research, starting from the rediscovery of the nature of the place as a company town, from the identification of its potential, to the outlining of policies and projects for its development.
Reading about San Leucio is enjoyable, among other things, the work also dispels some historical myths about the economic and social backwardness of the South in the past.
Cultura imprenditoriale e storia d’impresa per il complesso di San Leucio (Entrepreneurial culture and business history of the San Leucio complex)
VARIOUS AUTHORS.
Guida Editori, 2024