This book outlines how, from the mid-eighteenth to the early-nineteenth century, the political and social dimension of French economic thought, and particularly of Physiocracy, spurred American Republicans to a radical shaping of American agrarian ideology. Such a perspective allows for a reconsideration of several questions that lie at the heart of contemporary historiographic debate: the connection between politics and economics, the meaning of republicanism, the foundations of representation, the role of Europe in the Atlantic world, and the interaction between national histories and global context.…mehr
This book outlines how, from the mid-eighteenth to the early-nineteenth century, the political and social dimension of French economic thought, and particularly of Physiocracy, spurred American Republicans to a radical shaping of American agrarian ideology. Such a perspective allows for a reconsideration of several questions that lie at the heart of contemporary historiographic debate: the connection between politics and economics, the meaning of republicanism, the foundations of representation, the role of Europe in the Atlantic world, and the interaction between national histories and global context.
Manuela Albertone is Professor of Early Modern History in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin, Italy. Her works focus on eighteenth-century French and American history, and the relationship between politics and economics. She is particularly interested in the economic origins of political representation.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1 What is an American? St John de Crèvecoeur Between Agrarian Myth and National Identity Chapter 2 Republicanism and Agrarian Democracy Chapter 3 The Cosmopolitan Vocation of the Agrarian Model Chapter 4 The Farmer as Common Man Chapter 5 The Agrarian Ideology Between Economic Theory and Political Struggle Chapter 6 Channels for Disseminating the Economic Culture Chapter 7 The English Jacobins Chapter 8 A Long Eighteenth Century Chapter 101 Conclusion
Introduction Chapter 1 What is an American? St John de Crèvecoeur Between Agrarian Myth and National Identity Chapter 2 Republicanism and Agrarian Democracy Chapter 3 The Cosmopolitan Vocation of the Agrarian Model Chapter 4 The Farmer as Common Man Chapter 5 The Agrarian Ideology Between Economic Theory and Political Struggle Chapter 6 Channels for Disseminating the Economic Culture Chapter 7 The English Jacobins Chapter 8 A Long Eighteenth Century Chapter 101 Conclusion
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