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

Title
The political economy of virtue [electronic resource] : luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution / John Shovlin.
Author
Shovlin, John.
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2006.

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American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
Description
265 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Uniform Title
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject
  • Economics > France > History > 18th century
  • Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects > History > France > 18th century
  • Patriotism > France > History > 18th century
  • France > History > Moral and ethical aspects. > Revolution, 1789-1799
  • France > History > Economic aspects. > Revolution, 1789-1799
  • France > Intellectual life > 18th century
  • France > Economic conditions > 18th century
Note
  • "Cornell paperbacks"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic text and image data.
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.
OCLC
(dli)HEB08922
Author
Shovlin, John.
Title
The political economy of virtue [electronic resource] : luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution / John Shovlin.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2006.
Series
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Reproduction
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 access: Intranet.
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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
Found In:
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
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Original 0801444799 9780801444791 (DLC) 2006019342
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