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Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the rise of Europe's Atlantic economy brought unprecedented wealth. It also reordered the political balance among European states and threatened age-old social hierarchies within them. In this charged context, the French developed a "science of commerce" that aimed to benefit from this new wealth while containing its revolutionary effects. Montesquieu became a towering authority among reformist economic and political thinkers by developing a politics of fusion intended to reconcile France's aristocratic society and monarchical state with the needs and risks of international commerce. The Seven Years' War proved the weakness of this model, and after this watershed reforms that could guarantee shared prosperity at home and in the colonies remained elusive. Once the Revolution broke out in 1789, the contradictions that attended the growth of France's Atlantic economy helped to bring down the constitutional monarchy. Drawing upon the writings of philosophes, diplomats, consuls of commerce, and merchants, Cheney rewrites the history of political economy in the Enlightenment era and provides a new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the French Revolution.
While thinkers in 18th century France did not use the term "globalization," many were concerned with "le progrés du commerce" and its impact on social and political relations inside and outside of France. Cheney (history, U. of Chicago) offers an intellectual history of French thinking about "le progrés du commerce," adopting the anachronistic word "globalization" to point to similar concerns in 18th century France concerning transnational economic forces outside the control of individual states. He focuses on the thinking of merchants active in the chambers of commerce established in France's port cities, consuls of commerce and diplomats stationed abroad, and bureaucrats working in Versailles and in the colonies for the minister of the navy as they wrote about such issues as competitive pressures, imperial politics, modes of governance, and related questions of culture and social structure. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Revolutionary Commerce : Globalization and the French Monarchy General
| ISBN | 9780674047266 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Harvard Univ Pr |
| Pages | 305 |
| List Price | $49.95 |
| Author | Cheney, Paul |
| Publication Date | 03/16/2010 |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Measurements | Height: 9.5 Inches (US)Width: 6.5 Inches (US)Thickness: 1 Inches (US)Unit Weight: 1.36 Pounds (US) |
| Series | Harvard Historical Studies |
Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the rise of Europe's Atlantic economy brought unprecedented wealth. It also reordered the political balance among European states and threatened age-old social hierarchies within them. In this charged context, the French developed a "science of commerce" that aimed to benefit from this new wealth while containing its revolutionary effects. Montesquieu became a towering authority among reformist economic and political thinkers by developing a politics of fusion intended to reconcile France's aristocratic society and monarchical state with the needs and risks of international commerce. The Seven Years' War proved the weakness of this model, and after this watershed reforms that could guarantee shared prosperity at home and in the colonies remained elusive. Once the Revolution broke out in 1789, the contradictions that attended the growth of France's Atlantic economy helped to bring down the constitutional monarchy. Drawing upon the writings of philosophes, diplomats, consuls of commerce, and merchants, Cheney rewrites the history of political economy in the Enlightenment era and provides a new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the French Revolution.
While thinkers in 18th century France did not use the term "globalization," many were concerned with "le progrés du commerce" and its impact on social and political relations inside and outside of France. Cheney (history, U. of Chicago) offers an intellectual history of French thinking about "le progrés du commerce," adopting the anachronistic word "globalization" to point to similar concerns in 18th century France concerning transnational economic forces outside the control of individual states. He focuses on the thinking of merchants active in the chambers of commerce established in France's port cities, consuls of commerce and diplomats stationed abroad, and bureaucrats working in Versailles and in the colonies for the minister of the navy as they wrote about such issues as competitive pressures, imperial politics, modes of governance, and related questions of culture and social structure. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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