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

"Drawing on hundreds of political economic tracts published in France between the 1740s and the early nineteenth century, Shovlin shows how mid-level French elites (magistrates, clerics, lawyers, soldiers, landed gentlemen) sought to balance their interests and values with the need to regenerat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shovlin, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Drawing on hundreds of political economic tracts published in France between the 1740s and the early nineteenth century, Shovlin shows how mid-level French elites (magistrates, clerics, lawyers, soldiers, landed gentlemen) sought to balance their interests and values with the need to regenerate a nation that had seemingly entered a period of decline."--Jacket.
Notas:"Cornell paperbacks"--Title page verso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-256) and index.
ISBN:9780801463471
0801463475
9780801474187
0801474183