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The Bourgeoisie in 18th-Century France
By (Author) Elinor Barber
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
European history
305.550944
Hardback
178
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
425g
By delving into the religious, economic, social, and political attitudes and practices of the French bourgeoisie in the 18th century, Mrs. Barber dispels the idea that they were a revolutionary class bent on the destruction of the ancien regime. Instead, she reveals that only slowly and partially did they become antagonistic to the established soci