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Autore |
Parker David <1941, > |
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Titolo |
Class and state in ancien regime France : the road to modernity? / / David Parker |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-77738-8 |
1-134-77739-6 |
1-280-31949-6 |
0-203-43690-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Despotism - France - History |
Social classes - France - History |
France Politics and government |
France Economic conditions |
France Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-335) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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