Provincializing global history : money, ideas, and things in the Languedoc, 1680-1830 /

A micro-history of eighteenth-century systemic change that places ordinary French lives alongside global advances. This book explores the eighteenth-century modernization of the coastal province of Languedoc. Mining a wealth of archival sources, James Livesey unveils how provincial elites, peasant h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Livesey, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1600-1799
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Languedoc (France) > History > 18th century.
Languedoc (France) > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Languedoc (France) > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Languedoc (France) > Politics and government > 17th century.
Languedoc (France) > Politics and government > 18th century.
France > Languedoc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Small Changes: Credit, Debt, and Money in the Languedoc; CHATPER TWO: Local Ideas and Global Networks; CHATPER THREE: The Natural Province of Reason: Agronomy, Botany, and Subaltern Science; CHAPTER FOUR: The Swing Plow as an Eighteenth-Century Universal Machine; CHAPTER FIVE: Sovereignty, Politics, and Reason in the Post-Revolution; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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