Peasants and King in Burgundy - Agrarian Foundations of French Absolutism

List of contents

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 

 

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hilton L. Root, Root Hilton L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.1992
• EAN: 9780520080973
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08097-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: California Series on Social Ch; California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy; California Series on Social Ch
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory