Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth Century France

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Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth Century France

Author	: William H. Sewell Jr.
File Size	: 55,9 Mb
Publisher	: University of Chicago Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 28 April 2021
ISBN	: 9780226770468
Pages	: 421 pages

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Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth Century France by William H. Sewell Jr. Book PDF Summary

"William H. Sewell, Jr. turns to the experience of commercial capitalism to show how the commodity form abstracted social relations. The increased independence, flexibility, and anonymity of market relations made equality between citizens not only conceivable but attractive. Commercial capitalism thus found its way into the interstices of this otherwise rigidly hierarchical society, coloring social relations and paving the way for the establishment of civic equality"--

Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth Century France by William H. Sewell Jr.

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