France before 1789 : the unraveling of an absolutist regime /

"France before 1789 presents the main features of the prodigiously complex social system of the ancien regime which proceeded the French Revolution. In doing so Jon Elster goes beyond formal institutions to show how they worked in practice. He draws on a host of examples and contemporary texts...

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Autore principale: Elster, Jon, 1940- (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2020]
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvt7x6dt
Sommario:
  • The psychology of the main social groups : motivations
  • The psychology of the main social groups : information and beliefs
  • The royal administration and the courts
  • Deliberating bodies.