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

Awards American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: Oscar Kenshur Book Prize SHORTLIST 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 op... (展开全部)