Cambridge Studies In Economic History - Second Series; 6 X 0.74 X 9 inches; 319 pages; Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Title: Economic Development in Early Modern France; The Privilege of Liberty, 1650� "1820
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2017
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1108407056
ISBN 13: 9781108407052
Binding: Paperback
Edition: First Paperback Edition.
Condition: Very Good+

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Privilege has long been understood as the constitutional basis of Ancien R�gime 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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Jeff Horn is Professor of History at Manhattan College, New York. He is the author or editor of The Industrial Revolution: History, Documents, and Key Questions (2016), Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution (with Leonard N. Rosenband and Merritt Roe Smith, 2010), The Industrial Revolution: Milestones in Business History (2007), The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1830 (2006), and Qui parle pour la nation? Les �lections et les �lus de la Champagne m�ridionale, 1765–1830 (2004). Horn was president of the Western Society for French History in 2013–14. His research has been supported by the US National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, New York University's Faculty Research Network, Manhattan College, and Stetson University, Florida.

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