Against War and Empire: Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century
(Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Series)
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As Britain and France became more powerful during the eighteenth century, small states such as Geneva could no longer stand militarily against these commercial monarchies. Furthermore, many Genevans felt that they were being drawn into a corrupt commercial world dominated by amoral aristocrats dedicated to the unprincipled pursuit of wealth. In this book Richard Whatmore presents an intellectual history of republicans who strove to ensure Geneva's...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300175574
ISBN13:9780300175578
Release Date:July 2012
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"
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