The political economy of virtue : luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution

The political economy of virtue : luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution /

"Drawing on hundreds of political economic tracts published in France between the 1740s and the early nineteenth century, Shovlin shows how mid-level French elites (magistrates, clerics, lawyers, soldiers, landed gentlemen) sought to balance their interests and values with the need to regenerat...

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Main Author: Shovlin, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Economics > France > History > 18th century.
Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Patriotism > France > History > 18th century.
France > Economic conditions > 18th century.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Economic aspects.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Moral and ethical aspects.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
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