Economistes and the Reinvention of Empire: France in the Americas and Africa, C.1750-1802

ISBN-13: 9781108483131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 310 str.

Pernille Roge

Opis

A rich intellectual history of the reinvention of France's colonial empire in the second half of the eighteenth century.

Recenzje

'Economistes and the Reinvention of Empire offers a welcome and surprisingly revelatory change of perspective by pulling the Physiocrats from the familiar context of the Flour Wars to consider their thinking on matters international and imperial.' Rebecca L. Spang, The William and Mary Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. A colonial empire in crisis; 2. Empire beyond the mercantile system; 3. Between enslaved territories and overseas provinces; 4. Supplying or supplanting the Americas; 5. A revolutionary crescendo; Conclusion: Ancien Régime legacies.