The political economy of virtue [electronic resource] : luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution /

Shovlin, John.

The political economy of virtue luxury, patriotism, and the origins of the French Revolution / [electronic resource] : John Shovlin. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2006. - 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.

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.

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--History--France--18th century.--Moral and ethical aspects--History--France--18th century.--History--France--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.

Economics Luxury Patriotism