Peasants and King in Burgundy: Agrarian Foundations of French Absolutism

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-08097-3
Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 292 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: California Series on Social Ch

The example of Old Regime France provides a source for many of the ideas about capitalism, modernization, and peasant protest that concern social scientists today. Hilton Root challenges traditional assumptions and proposes a new interpretation of the relationship between state and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Root, Hilton L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments 
Abbreviations 
Introduction: The State, the Peasantry, and the Revolution 
1. Louis XIV Builds a Peasant Kingdom 
2. A Bureaucratic State in the Making 
3· Village Assemblies and the General Will 
4· The Politics of Agriculture 
5· Challenging the Seigneurie: Community and Contention on the Eve of the Revolution 
6. The Limits of Reform 
7· Financing the French Revolution 
Bibliography 
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hilton L. Root is Bers Professor of Social Science at the University of Pennsylvania.