{"product_id":"state-and-society-in-eighteenth-century-france-a-study-in-political-power-and-popular-revolution-in-languedoc-paperback","title":"State and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: A Study in Political Power and Popular Revolution in Languedoc - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the traditional Marxist interpretation of emerging capitalism and its revolutionary bourgeoisie, \u003ci\u003e State and Society in Eighteenth-Century France\u003c\/i\u003e shows that commodified labor, fundamental to the existence of a capitalist bourgeoisie, did not take shape in eighteenth-century France. Through the revolutionary period, the mass of the population consisted of peasants and artisans in possession of land and workshops, all embedded in autonomous communities. The old regime bourgeoisie and nobility thus developed within the absolutist state in order to have the political means to impose feudal forms of exploitation on the people. These class relations, and not those offered in the traditional interpretation, gave rise to the crisis of 1789 and the revolutionary conflicts of the 1790s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at UAB (the University of Alabama at Birmingham). His many books and articles include \u003cem\u003eThe Social History of Agriculture: From the Origins to the Current Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48821593899257,"sku":"9781642599961","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PZfOFQN7jr9781642599961.webp?v=1786784996","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/state-and-society-in-eighteenth-century-france-a-study-in-political-power-and-popular-revolution-in-languedoc-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}