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Against War and Empire: Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century
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Against War and Empire: Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century Hardcover - 2012

by Richard Whatmore


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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.

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  • Title Against War and Empire: Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century
  • Author Richard Whatmore
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Date 2012-07-31
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780300175578 / 0300175574
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Central Europe
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects Geneva (Republic) - History - 18th century, Republicanism - Geneva (Republic) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012006776
  • Dewey Decimal Code 949.451

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Richard Whatmore is professor of intellectual history and the history of political thought at the University of Sussex.

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