List of figures and tables Preface List of abbreviations 1. Monarchy, privilege and revolution: the problem and setting 2. State finance and local privileges 3. Corps, bureaucracy and citizenship: the case of the Bureaux des Finances 4. The excluded nobility and political representation 5. A nation of equals: the demands of the Third Estate 6. Uses of a regulated economy: the state against itself 7. Corporate privilege and the bourgeoisie 8. The abolition of the guilds 9. The corporate heritage and the well-ordered state 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.
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