TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Colin
TI  - The great nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715-99
SN  - 0231128827
U1  - 944.034 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - France
KW  - History
KW  - Kings and rulers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-614) and index; 1; France in 1715: The King's Leg and the Choreography of Power --; a; The Mythic Present of the Sun King --; b; The Bourbon Polity --; c; The King's Nobility --; d; Absolutism under Pressure --; e; The Dreaded Regency --; 2; Negotiating Stormy Weather: The Regency and the Advent of Fleury (1715-26) --; a; Hope beyond Sunset --; b; The Polysynody Experiment --; c; Princes, Dukes and Magistrates: A New Fronde? --; d; The Financial and Economic Context of the Regency --; e; A Scottish Wizard in a Land of Troubles --; f; The Childhood of Louis XV: Six Funerals and a Wedding --; 3; Fleury's France (1726-43) --; a; Hercules on a Tightrope --; b; Tridentine Themes ... --; c; ... and Jansenist Variations --; d; The King's Information: News, Views, Secrets, Lies --; e; The Wilting Cardinal --; 4; Unsuspected Golden Years (1743-56) --; a; Herod 'the Well-Beloved'? --; b; The Balance of Power and the Globalization of Warfare --; c; Flexing the Sinews of War --; d; Vital Signs in Rural France --; e; Health and Wealth by Stealth --; 5; An Enlightening Age --; a; The Moment of the Encyclopedie --; b; Points of Light --; c; Civilised Man, Natural Woman --; d; Re-enchanting a Disenchanted World --; e; The Contested Politics of the Public Sphere --; 6; Forestalling Deluge (1756-70) --; a; Damiens's Epiphany --; b; Things Fall Apart: The Seven Years War --; c; Choiseulian Scapegoats: Devots and Jesuits --; d; The Monarchy Retools --; e; Languages of Patriotism: The Judges Judged --; f; From the Brittany Affair to the Maupeou Revolution --; 7; The Triumvirate and Its Aftermath (1771-84) --; a; Maupeou's Revolution --; b; The Turgot Experiment --; c; Patriotism al'Americaine --; d; The Price of Patriotism --; e; Figaro's Masters --; 8; Bourbon Monarchy on the Rack (1784-8) --; a; Diamonds: Not a Queen's Best Friend --; b; The Appearance of Luxury and the Luxury of Appearances --; c; Silent Revolution in an Age of Noise --; d; The Elusive Public: Financial and Institutional Reform --; 9; Revolution in Political Culture (1789-91) --; a; Imagining the Nation, Fearing the Worst --; b; Summer Lightning --; c; The Task of Political Architecture --; d; Demolition Problems --; 10; War and Terror (1791-5) --; a; Aux Armes, Citoyens! --; b; Louis Capet Bows Out, Terror Bows In --; c; The Glacial Logic of Republican Unity --; d; Killing Robespierre, Ending Terror --; 11; The Unsteady Republic (1795-9) --; a; Shaky Foundations --; b; Revolution: A User's Guide --; c; Economic Fortunes and Misfortunes --; d; Bourgeois Revolutionaries ... --; e; ... and their Other(s) --; Conclusion: The Brumaire Leviathan and la Grande Nation
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