| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: honor, virtue, and patriotism in eighteenth-century France -- Nobility and the appeal to virtue in early eighteenth-century France (1700s-1740s) -- Nobility and the longing for virtue: patriotic possibilities from Montesquieu to Mirabeau -- Patriotism and social taxonomy in the debate over La noblesse commeq̇ante -- Patriotic resurgence and the nationalization of honor (1760s-1780) -- Nobility in a nation of citizens (1760s-early 1780s) -- Defining nobility and nation in 1788-1789 -- Conclusion: patriotic revolution. |
| Summary |
Smith argues that the attempt to redefine and restore French nobility brought forth competing visions of patriotism with correlating models of the social and political order. Although the terms of public debate have changed, the same basic challenge continues to animate contemporary politics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
France -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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France. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Nobility -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Nobility. |
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History. |
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Patriotism -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Patriotism. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Jay M., 1961- Nobility reimagined. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005 0801443326 (DLC) 2004030941 (OCoLC)57349185 |
| ISBN |
9781501717987 (electronic book) |
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1501717987 (electronic book) |
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0801443326 |
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9780801443329 |
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0801489490 |
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9780801489495 |
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