Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France by Sewell Jr, William H.
Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France by Sewell Jr, William H.

Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France

There is little doubt that the French Revolution of 1789 changed the course of Western history. But...
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Author: William H. Sewell Jr
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Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France by Sewell Jr, William H.

Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France

$147.54
Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France by Sewell Jr, William H.

Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France

$147.54
Author: William H. Sewell Jr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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There is little doubt that the French Revolution of 1789 changed the course of Western history. But why did the idea of civic equality--a distinctive signature of that revolution--find such fertile ground in France? How might changing economic and social realities have affected political opinions?

William H. Sewell Jr. argues that the flourishing of commercial capitalism in eighteenth-century France introduced a new independence, flexibility, and anonymity to French social life. By entering the interstices of this otherwise rigidly hierarchical society, expanded commodity exchange colored everyday experience in ways that made civic equality thinkable, possible, even desirable, when the crisis of the French Revolution arrived. Sewell ties together masterful analyses of a multitude of interrelated topics: the rise of commerce, the emergence of urban publics, the careers of the philosophes, commercial publishing, patronage, political economy, trade, and state finance. Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France offers an original interpretation of one of history's pivotal moments.

Author: William H. Sewell Jr
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 04/28/2021
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780226770468

About the Author
William H. Sewell Jr. is the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science and History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation, published by the University of Chicago Press.

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