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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY MODERN FRANCE
THE PRIVILEGE OF LIBERTY, 1650-1820 |
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Jeff Horn |
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ISBN 10: |
1108407056 |
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9781108407052 |
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
4 May, 2017 |
Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series |
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327 |
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This book explores how the institution of privilege and liberty shaped early modern economic development in France between 1650 and 1820. |
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Privilege has long been understood as the constitutional basis of Ancien Regime France, legalizing the provision of a variety of rights, powers and exemptions to some, whilst denying them to others. In this fascinating new study however, Jeff Horn reveals that Bourbon officials utilized privilege as an instrument of economic development, freeing some sectors of the economy from pre-existing privileges and regulations, while protecting others. He explores both government policies and the innovations of entrepreneurs, workers, inventors and customers to uncover the lived experience of economic development from the Fronde to the Restoration. He shows how, influenced by Enlightenment thought, the regime increasingly resorted to concepts of liberty to defend privilege as a policy tool. The book offers important new insights into debates about the impact of privilege on early industrialization, comparative economic development and the outbreak of the French Revolution. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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