| Against War and Empire: Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century Contributor(s): Whatmore, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300175574 ISBN-13: 9780300175578 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $83.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 949.451 |
| LCCN: 2012006776 |
| Series: Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.72 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 survival as an independent state. Whatmore shows how the Genevan republicans grappled with the ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, Bentham, and others in seeking to make modern Europe safe for small states, by vanquishing the threats presented by war and by empire. |