''Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français'' (''DBMOF'', "Biographical Dictionary of the French Workers' Movement") is a 44-volume set of
biographical dictionaries
A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in ''Who's Who'', or deceased people only ...
of the French
labor movement
The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.
* The trade union movement ...
compiled by historian
Jean Maitron
Jean Maitron (17 December 1910 – 16 November 1987) was a French historian specialist of the labour movement. A pioneer of such historical studies in France, he introduced it to University and gave it its archives base, by creating in 1949 the '' ...
and his successor between 1967 and 1997.
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Biographical dictionaries
French-language books
Books about labor history
Le Maitron
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