Commerce and its discontents in eighteenth-century French political thought
By: Anoush Fraser Terjanian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781107005648
Subjects: Commerce; Economics; HISTORY / Europe / General; History
Description: "By uncovering the ambivalence toward commerce in eighteenth-century France, this book questions the assumption that commerce was widely celebrated in the era of Adam Smith"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Commerce and its discontents; 1. Bon luxe, mauvais luxe: a language of commerce; 2. Doux commerce, commerce odieux: the commerce in humans; 3. Cette odieuse piraterie: defining piracy; 4. Indigne ateliers: monopoly and monopolists; Conclusion: Commerce and its discontents.