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