Professional men, Professional Women. The European Professions from the 19th Century until Today

This book telles the story of the principal European intellectual professions from the demise of the Ancien Régime to the rise of the European Union. Uniting ther legal, medical, engineering and accounting professions, it provides a comparative historical and sociuological exploration of 'Professional Europe'. The book comprehensively investigates the roots and origins of the four professions; reconstructs the process and changes which have characterised them; charts their response to external agents such as the state, deverse social movements, economic crises and wars.