Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France

by William H. Sewell and William H. Sewell Jr.

Book Overview

There is little doubt that the French Revolution of 1789 changed the course of Western history. But why did the idea of civic equality--a distinctive signature of that revolution--find such fertile ground in France? How might changing economic and social realities have affected political opinions?

William H. Sewell Jr. argues that the flourishing of commercial capitalism in eighteenth-century France introduced a new independence, flexibility,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022677032X
• ISBN13: 9780226770321
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"