A dubious science
Subtitle: political economy and the social question in 19th-century France
By: Elizabeth Marie Sage.
Series: Studies in modern European history -- v. 65
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781433106309
Subjects: Economics -- France -- History -- 19th century; Economics -- Sociological aspects
Description: "[Book title] tells the story of nineteenth-century French political economy, an academic discipline that aspired to the status and authority of a "hard" science alongside such disciplines as physics and chemistry. It chronicles political economists' encounter with "the social question"--all those unexpected social consequences of nineteenth-century industrialization--which offered concrete evidence that industrial capitalism showed few signs of guaranteeing happiness and economic success to all productive members of society."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.