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In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change.

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"A superb work of historical investigation and analysis in every respect - an important and well-conceived topic, thoroughly and expertly researched, and organized and presented in an effective and memorable fashion." (Kent Wright, Arizona State University)"

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Commerce, State-Building, and Republicanism in Old Regime France
1. Louis XIV, Marseillais Merchants, and the Problem of Discerning the Public Good
2. Between Republic and Monarchy: Debating Commerce and Virtue
3. France and the Levantine Merchant: The Challenges of an International Market
4. Plague, Commerce, and Centralized Disease Control in Early Modern France
5. Virtue without Commerce: Civic Spirit During the Plague, 1720– 1723
6. Civic Religiosity and Religious Citizenship in Plague- Stricken Marseille
7. Postmortem: Virtue and Commerce Reconsidered
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/06/2011
      ISBN13: 9780801899829, 978-0801899829
      ISBN10: 0801899826
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change.

      Trade Review
      "A superb work of historical investigation and analysis in every respect - an important and well-conceived topic, thoroughly and expertly researched, and organized and presented in an effective and memorable fashion." (Kent Wright, Arizona State University)"

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Commerce, State-Building, and Republicanism in Old Regime France
      1. Louis XIV, Marseillais Merchants, and the Problem of Discerning the Public Good
      2. Between Republic and Monarchy: Debating Commerce and Virtue
      3. France and the Levantine Merchant: The Challenges of an International Market
      4. Plague, Commerce, and Centralized Disease Control in Early Modern France
      5. Virtue without Commerce: Civic Spirit During the Plague, 1720– 1723
      6. Civic Religiosity and Religious Citizenship in Plague- Stricken Marseille
      7. Postmortem: Virtue and Commerce Reconsidered
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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