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1 online resource (ix, 275 pages .) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Ideas in Context
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Ideas in context.
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Note |
Translation of the author's L'identité économique de la France. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The reactionary political economy of the bourbon restoration -- Economists, winegrowers and the dissemination of commercial liberalism -- Completing the revolution : political and commercial liberty after 1830 -- Inventing economic nationalism -- The contours of the national economy -- The englishness of free trade and the consolidation of protectionist dominance. |
Summary |
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, advocates of protection against foreign competition prevailed in a fierce controversy over international trade. This groundbreaking study is the first to examine this 'protectionist turn' in full. Faced with a reaffirmation of mercantile jealousy under the Bourbon Restoration, Benjamin Constant, Jean-Baptiste Say and regional publicists advocated the adoption of the liberty of commerce in order to consolidate the new liberal order. But after the Revolution of 1830 a new generation of liberal thinkers endeavoured to reconcile the jealousy of trade with the discourse of commercial society and political liberty. New justifications for protection oscillated between an industrialist reinvention of jealousy and an aspiration to self-sufficiency as a means of attenuating the rise of urban pauperism. A strident denunciation of British power and social imbalances served to defuse the internal tensions of the protectionist discourse and facilitated its dissemination across the French political spectrum. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
France -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
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France. |
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Economic conditions. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
France -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Commerce. |
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History. |
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International trade -- 19th century.
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International trade. |
Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Added Title |
Identité économique de la France. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015012256
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Other Form: |
Print version: Todd, David, 1978- Identité économique de la France. English. Free trade and its enemies in France, 1814-1851 9781107036932 (DLC) 2014045609 (OCoLC)900685938 |
ISBN |
9781316318782 (electronic book) |
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1316318788 (electronic book) |
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9781139568401 (electronic book) |
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113956840X (electronic book) |
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9781316315446 |
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1316315444 |
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1316325482 |
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9781316325483 |
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1316328821 |
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9781316328828 |
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9781107036932 |
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1107036933 |
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9781316332160 |
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1316332160 |
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