{"product_id":"class-and-state-in-ancien-regime-france-the-road-to-modernity-9780415756822","title":"Class and State in Ancien Regime France The Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Parker's challenging interpretation presents a broad, in-depth study of the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. This stimulating reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A valuable synthesis of recent work on seventeenth-century France.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDavid Hardman,Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'...very readable and impressive book.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e Donald Lowndes Sanderson, Socialist History Reviews UL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Challenging, meaningful and immensely interesting ... Parker has given us a better understanding of French society.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eWilliam Beik, Koninklijke Brill NV, 2001\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION 1 APPROACHES TO FRENCH ABSOLUTISM 2 THE FRENCH ECONOMY: A CASE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 3 THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT 4 ORDERS AND CLASSES 5 THE NOBILITY: A HEGEMONIC TOUR DE FORCE 6 POWER, IDEOLOGY AND THE FRENCH STATE 7 FRANCE, ENGLAND AND THE CAPITALIST ROAD 8 EMPIRICAL RÉSUMÉ AND THEORETICAL AFTERTHOUGHTS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018192650583,"sku":"9780415756822","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/class-and-state-in-ancien-regime-france-the-road-to-modernity-9780415756822","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}