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

• Autore: Shovlin John
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 265 p. : ill. ; ; 25 cm
• Soggetto topico: Economics - France - History - 18th century; Luxury - Moral and ethical aspects - France - History - 18th century; Patriotism - France - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Moral and ethical aspects; France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Economic aspects; France Intellectual life 18th century; France Economic conditions 18th century
• Note generali: "Cornell paperbacks"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Political Economy of Virtue
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of virtue
• ISBN: 9780801463471
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248177803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.