Bread, Politics and Political Economy in the Reign of Louis XV - (Anthem European Studies, Anthem Other Canon Economics) 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A new edition of Kaplan's landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplan's classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A new edition of Kaplan's landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on research in all the Parisian depots and more than fifty departmental archives and specialized and municipal libraries, Kaplan's classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform. Anthem Press is proud to reissued this pathbreaking work together with a significant new historiographic companion volume by the author, "The Stakes of Regulation: Perspectives on 'Bread, Politics and Political Economy' Forty Years Later."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"This is a book of social history that renews the old political history. It is an economist's investigation that raises questions about collective psychology, mentalities, and levels of culture ... [a work of] erudite virtuosity ... a great work." --Daniel Roche, Collège de France</p><br><br><p>"Broadly conceived, richly detailed, thoroughly researched in the national and local archives, and generously larded with suggestions for future study, this is a piece of work that must delight and inform any student of France under the Old Regime. It is likely to remain, for many years to come, the definitive work on the subject." --Keith M. Baker, Stanford University</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Steven L. Kaplan is the Goldwin Smith Professor of European History, emeritus at Cornell University.</p>
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