Takeda, Junko Therese, 1976-

Between Crown and Commerce : Marseille and the Early Modern Mediterranean / Junko Therese Takeda. - 1 online resource (272 pages): ill., maps ; - The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 129th ser., 1 . - Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 129th ser., 1. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.

Introduction: Commerce, state-building, and Republicanism in Old Regime France -- Louis XIV, Marseillais merchants, and the problem of discerning the public good -- Between republic and monarchy : nobility and debates over commerce and virtue -- France and the Levantine merchant : the challenges of an international market -- Plague, commerce, and centralized disease control in early modern France -- Virtue without commerce : civism during plague, 1720-1723 -- Civic religiosity and religious civism in plagued Marseille -- Post-mortem : virtue and commerce reconsidered.

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9781421428154




Plague--History--France--Marseille--18th century.
Citizenship--History--France--Marseille--18th century.
Merchants--History--France--Marseille--18th century.


France--History--Louis XV, 1715-1774.
Marseille (France)--Politics and government--18th century.
Marseille (France)--Social conditions--18th century.
Mediterranean Region--Commerce--France--Marseille.
Marseille (France)--Commerce--Mediterranean Region.
Marseille (France)--Commerce--History--18th century.


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