Shovlin, John.

The political economy of virtue luxury , patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution / [electronic resource] : John Shovli n. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2006. - 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

"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.


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Economics-- History-- France-- 18th century.
Luxury-- Moral and ethical aspects-- History-- France-- 18th cen tury.
Patriotism-- History-- France-- 18th century.


France-- History-- Moral and ethical aspe cts.-- Revolution, 1789-1799
France-- History-- Economic aspects.-- Revolution, 1789-1799
France-- Intellectual life-- 18th century.
France-- Economic conditions-- 18th century.