The political economy of virtue [electronic resource] : luxury , patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution / John Shovli n.
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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2006.Description: 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject(s): - Economics -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Luxury -- Moral and ethical aspects -- France -- History -- 18th cen tury
- Patriotism -- France -- History -- 18th century
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Moral and ethical aspe cts
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Economic aspects
- France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- France -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
"Cornell paperbacks"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Introduction : political economy and public life in eighteenth-centu ry France -- Commerce, finance, and the luxury debate -- Constructing a patriot political economy -- Regenerating the patrie : agronomists, ta x reformers, and physiocrats -- Patriotic commerce and aristocratic lux ury -- Political economy and the prerevolutionary crisis -- The agraria n law and the republican farmer -- Conclusion : the political economy o f the notables.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
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