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

Author/creator Shovlin, John
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press,
Description265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Economics--France --History --18th century.
Luxury--Moral and ethical aspects --France --History --18th century.
Patriotism--France --History --18th century.
France--History --Revolution, 1789-1799 --Moral and ethical aspects.
France--History --Revolution, 1789-1799 --Economic aspects.
France--Intellectual life --18th century.
France--Economic conditions --18th century.
Contents Introduction : political economy and public life in eighteenth-century France -- Commerce, finance, and the luxury debate -- Constructing a patriot political economy -- Regenerating the patrie : agronomists, tax reformers, and physiocrats -- Patriotic commerce and aristocratic luxury -- Political economy and the prerevolutionary crisis -- The agrarian law and the republican farmer -- Conclusion : the political economy of the notables.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006019342
ISBN0801444799 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801444791 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801444791

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