Privilege and the politics of taxation in eighteenth-century France : liberté, égalité, fiscalite...
Privilege and the politics of taxation in eighteenth-century France : liberté, égalité, fiscalite...
Privilege and the politics of taxation in eighteenth-century France : liberté, égalité, fiscalité / Michael Kwass.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N336.20094/6
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xvii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Introduction: why taxes? -- Pt. 1. Reassessing Privilege. 1. The economy of privilege and the challenge of universal taxation. 2. A kingdom of taxpayers -- Pt. 2. The Politics of Taxation and the Language of Dispute. 3. Petitioning for "justice": tax disputes in the administrative sphere. 4. Taking...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
Date Published
2000.
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"Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France offers a new interpretation of the Ancien Regime and the origins of the French Revolution. It examines what was arguably the most ambitious project of the eighteenth-century French monarchy: the attempt to impose direct taxes on formerly tax-exempt privileged elites. Connecting th...
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Privilege and the politics of taxation in eighteenth-century France : liberté, égalité, fiscalité / Michael Kwass.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N336.20094/6
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74VvGOx3keOl
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0521771498 (hb)
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336.20094409033
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991012567949702626
