Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The French Revolution and the Shock of Civic Equality 1
4. 1. Old Regime State and Society 19
5. 2. The Eighteenth- Century Economy: Commerce and Capitalism 43
6. I. The Emergence of an Urban Public
7. 3. The Commercial Public Sphere 69
8. 4. The Empire of Fashion 103
9. 5. The Parisian Promenade 129
10. II. The Philosophes and the Career Open to Talent
11. 6. The Philosophe Career and the Impossible Example of Voltaire 151
12. 7. Denis Diderot: Living by the Pen 165
13. 8. The Abbé Morellet: Between Publishing and Patronage 181
14. 9. Jean- Jacques Rousseau: Self- Deceived Clientage 201
15. III. Royal Administration and the Promise of Political Economy
16. 10. Tocqueville’s Challenge: Royal Administration and the Rise of Civic Equality 227
17. 11. Warfare, Taxes, and Administrative Centralization: The Double Bind of Royal Finance 243
18. 12. Political Economy: A Solution to the Double Bind? 267
19. 13. Navigating the Double Bind: Efforts at Reform 291
20. Conclusion: The Revolution and the Advent of Civic Equality 333
21. Epilogue: Civic Equality and the Continuing History of Capitalism 365
22. Acknowledgments 371
23. References 373
24. Index 393