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100 1 _aJones, Colin,
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245 1 4 _aThe great nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715-99 /
_cColin Jones.
246 3 0 _aFrance from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715-99
260 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_cc2002.
300 _axxvi, 650 p. : ill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 613-614) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tFrance in 1715: The King's Leg and the Choreography of Power --
_ga.
_tThe Mythic Present of the Sun King --
_gb.
_tThe Bourbon Polity --
_gc.
_tThe King's Nobility --
_gd.
_tAbsolutism under Pressure --
_ge.
_tThe Dreaded Regency --
_g2.
_tNegotiating Stormy Weather: The Regency and the Advent of Fleury (1715-26) --
_ga.
_tHope beyond Sunset --
_gb.
_tThe Polysynody Experiment --
_gc.
_tPrinces, Dukes and Magistrates: A New Fronde? --
_gd.
_tThe Financial and Economic Context of the Regency --
_ge.
_tA Scottish Wizard in a Land of Troubles --
_gf.
_tThe Childhood of Louis XV: Six Funerals and a Wedding --
_g3.
_tFleury's France (1726-43) --
_ga.
_tHercules on a Tightrope --
_gb.
_tTridentine Themes ... --
_gc.
_t... and Jansenist Variations --
_gd.
_tThe King's Information: News, Views, Secrets, Lies --
_ge.
_tThe Wilting Cardinal --
_g4.
_tUnsuspected Golden Years (1743-56) --
_ga.
_tHerod 'the Well-Beloved'? --
_gb.
_tThe Balance of Power and the Globalization of Warfare --
_gc.
_tFlexing the Sinews of War --
505 8 0 _gd.
_tVital Signs in Rural France --
_ge.
_tHealth and Wealth by Stealth --
_g5.
_tAn Enlightening Age --
_ga.
_tThe Moment of the Encyclopedie --
_gb.
_tPoints of Light --
_gc.
_tCivilised Man, Natural Woman --
_gd.
_tRe-enchanting a Disenchanted World --
_ge.
_tThe Contested Politics of the Public Sphere --
_g6.
_tForestalling Deluge (1756-70) --
_ga.
_tDamiens's Epiphany --
_gb.
_tThings Fall Apart: The Seven Years War --
_gc.
_tChoiseulian Scapegoats: Devots and Jesuits --
_gd.
_tThe Monarchy Retools --
_ge.
_tLanguages of Patriotism: The Judges Judged --
_gf.
_tFrom the Brittany Affair to the Maupeou Revolution --
_g7.
_tThe Triumvirate and Its Aftermath (1771-84) --
_ga.
_tMaupeou's Revolution --
_gb.
_tThe Turgot Experiment --
_gc.
_tPatriotism al'Americaine --
_gd.
_tThe Price of Patriotism --
_ge.
_tFigaro's Masters --
_g8.
_tBourbon Monarchy on the Rack (1784-8) --
_ga.
_tDiamonds: Not a Queen's Best Friend --
_gb.
_tThe Appearance of Luxury and the Luxury of Appearances --
505 8 0 _gc.
_tSilent Revolution in an Age of Noise --
_gd.
_tThe Elusive Public: Financial and Institutional Reform --
_g9.
_tRevolution in Political Culture (1789-91) --
_ga.
_tImagining the Nation, Fearing the Worst --
_gb.
_tSummer Lightning --
_gc.
_tThe Task of Political Architecture --
_gd.
_tDemolition Problems --
_g10.
_tWar and Terror (1791-5) --
_ga.
_tAux Armes, Citoyens! --
_gb.
_tLouis Capet Bows Out, Terror Bows In --
_gc.
_tThe Glacial Logic of Republican Unity --
_gd.
_tKilling Robespierre, Ending Terror --
_g11.
_tThe Unsteady Republic (1795-9) --
_ga.
_tShaky Foundations --
_gb.
_tRevolution: A User's Guide --
_gc.
_tEconomic Fortunes and Misfortunes --
_gd.
_tBourgeois Revolutionaries ... --
_ge.
_t... and their Other(s) --
_tConclusion: The Brumaire Leviathan and la Grande Nation.
651 0 _aFrance
_xHistory
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651 0 _aFrance
_xKings and rulers
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999 _c1979
_d1979