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Fair Shares for All: Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

Fair Shares for All: Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

Paperback

Series: Past and Present Publications

EconomicsGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0521526507
ISBN13: 9780521526500
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 13 2003
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This revisionist study challenges those readings of the French Revolution that see it as inherently violent and intolerant, often in terms of the Terror alone, and explores the egalitarian policies pursued in the provinces. The mainstream Jacobin agenda held out the promise of fair shares and equal opportunities for all in a private ownership market economy. Moreover it sought to achieve social justice without jeopardizing human rights. Thus it tended to complement, rather than undermine, the liberal, individualist program of the Revolution.

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