Gail Bossenga, Bossenga Gail

The Politics of Privilege

Old Regime and Revolution in Lille

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first study to examine in detail the political and fiscal origins of the French Revolution by sustained archival research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780521893725
• ISBN-10: 0521893720
• Artikelnr.: 22120957

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Monarchy, privilege and revolution: the problem and setting
2. State finance and local privileges
3. Corps, bureaucracy and citizenship: the case of the Bureaux des Finances
4. The excluded nobility and political representation
5. A nation of equals: the demands of the Third Estate
6. Uses of a regulated economy: the state against itself
7. Corporate privilege and the bourgeoisie
8. The abolition of the guilds
9. The corporate heritage and the well-ordered state
10. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.