The example of Old Regime France provides a source for many of the ideas about capitalism, modernization, and peasant protest that concern social scientists today. Hilton Root challenges traditional assumptions and proposes a new interpretation of the relationship between state and society.
Peasants and King in Burgundy Agrarian Foundations of French Absolutism
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The State, the Peasantry, and the Revolution
1. Louis XIV Builds a Peasant Kingdom
2. A Bureaucratic State in the Making
3· Village Assemblies and the General Will
4· The Politics of Agriculture
5· Challenging the Seigneurie: Community and Contention on the Eve of the Revolution
6. The Limits of Reform
7· Financing the French Revolution
Bibliography
Index