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Introduction: The French Revolution and the Shock of Civic Equality Chapter 1: Old Regime State and Society Chapter 2: The Eighteenth-Century Economy: Commerce and CapitalismPart 1: The Emergence of an Urban Public Chapter 3: The Commercial Public Sphere Chapter 4: The Empire of Fashion Chapter 5: The Parisian PromenadePart 2: The Philosophes and the Career Open to Talent Chapter 6: The Philosophe Career and the Impossible Example of Voltaire Chapter 7: Denis Diderot: Living by the Pen Chapter 8: The Abb©Øe Morellet: Between Publishing and Patronage Chapter 9: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Self-Deceived ClientagePart 3: Royal Administration and the Promise of Political Economy Chapter 10: Tocquevilles Challenge: Royal Administration and the Rise of Civic Equality Chapter 11: Warfare, Taxes, and Administrative Centralization: The Double Bind of Royal Finance Chapter 12: Political Economy: A Solution to the Double Bind? Chapter 13: Navigating the Double Bind: Efforts at Reform Conclusion: The Revolution and the Advent of Civic Equality Epilogue: Civic Equality and the Continuing History of Capitalism Acknowledgments References Index