Class and state in ancien régime France : the road to modernity? /
David Parker's challenging interpretation presents a broad, in-depth study of the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. This stimulating reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0203285263 9780203285268 0203436903 9780203436905 0203745140 9780203745144 1134777396 9781134777396 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Glossary of French terms; INTRODUCTION; APPROACHES TO FRENCH ABSOLUTISM; THE FRENCH ECONOMY: A CASE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT; THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT; ORDERS AND CLASSES; THE NOBILITY: A HEGEMONIC TOUR DE FORCE; POWER, IDEOLOGY AND THE FRENCH STATE; FRANCE, ENGLAND AND THE CAPITALIST ROAD; EMPIRICAL RSUM AND THEORETICAL AFTERTHOUGHTS; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.