Against War and Empire - Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Richard Whatmore
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-17557-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-300-17557-4
Barcode:	9780300175578

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