| Description |
1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Series |
New Studies in European History Ser |
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New Studies in European History Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Nineteenth-Century French State and Its Rivals -- Chapter 2 The Revolutionary Quest for Fiscal Stability, 1789-1799 -- Revolutionary Political Economy -- War, Hyperinflation and the Reforms of the Directory -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Developing a Post-Revolutionary Fiscal Politics, 1799-1814 -- The Politics of Indirect Taxation -- The Mechanics of War Finance -- The Implosion of the Napoleonic State |
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Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Recasting the Fiscal-Military System, 1814-1821 -- The Fiscal Crisis of the Early Restoration -- The Financing of Reparations -- Direct Taxation and Political Stability -- The Restoration Military System -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Resurgence of French Power, 1821-1830 -- The Quest for Stability -- The Ascent of Public Credit -- Exploiting the New Fiscal-Military System -- The Politics of Debt Conversion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The 1830 Revolution and the Limits of Fiscal Reform -- The Slump and the Rise of Liberal Political Economy |
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The 1830 Revolution and the Tax System -- The Maintenance of Public Credit -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Ascent of the Interventionist Orleanist State, 1830-1848 -- The Rise of Military and Naval Expenditure -- The Rise of the Interventionist Orleanist State -- The Limits of Orleanist Fiscal Reform -- The Apogee of the Orleanist Interventionist State, 1846-8 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Rise and Fall of Austerity, 1848-1856 -- The Triumph of Fiscal Conservatism -- Constructing the Bonapartist State -- Financing the Crimean War -- Conclusion |
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Chapter 9 Reaching the Limits of the Fiscal-Military System, 1856-1871 -- Bonapartism in Economic Crisis -- The Political Economy of Global Military Interventionism -- The Crisis of the Fiscal-Military System -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 The Triumph of the Notables -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Explains how the French state and its fiscal system were transformed in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108881005 |
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1108881009 |
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