Economistes and the reinvention of empire : France in the Americas and Africa, c. 1750-1802 /
"Exploring the myriad efforts to strengthen colonial empire that unfolded in response to France's imperial crisis in the second half of the eighteenth century, Pernille Røge examines how political economists, colonial administrators, planters, and entrepreneurs shaped the recalibration of...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2019
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : 2019 |
Series: | New studies in European history
New studies in European history |
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Table of Contents:
- A colonial empire in crisis
- Empire beyond the mercantile system
- Between enslaved territories and overseas provinces
- Supplying or supplanting the Americas
- A revolutionary crescendo
- Conclusion: Ancien Regime legacies
- A colonial empire in crisis
- Empire beyond the mercantile system
- Between enslaved territories and overseas provinces
- Supplying or supplanting the Americas
- A revolutionary crescendo
- Conclusion: Ancien Régime legacies