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Absolutism and the Rise of Capitalism in France and England

Absolutism and the Rise of Capitalism in France and England REVIEW ARTICLES ABSOLUTISM AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND WILLIAM BEIK Emory University Parker, David, Class and State in Ancien Régime France: the Road to Modernity? (London and New York: Routledge, 1997) 368 pp. $75.00 ISBN 0415136474 (hardback). 'I'his book is a major re-examination of French absolute monarchy. David Parkcr, the well-known author of a variety of studies exploring the analytical foundations of seventeenth-century state and society, has now set himself the task of developing a comprehensive Marxist analy- sis of the subject that takes account of the latest scholarship while "steer- ing a course between a structureless relativism on the one hand and economic reductionism on the other" (xi). In the current scholarly cli- mate it probably needs to be said that this is a challenging, meaning- ful, and immensely interesting endeavor. On the one hand Marxist analysis encourages reflection on the structure of a society and the nature of its distribution of burdens and advantages, especially with respect to the disadvantaged majority; on the other it provides tools for under- standing comparative social change or-perhaps even more significantly- the lack of it. Parker's book is an ambitious synthesis that connects recent work on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Early Modern History Brill

Absolutism and the Rise of Capitalism in France and England

Beik, William
Journal of Early Modern History , Volume 5 (1): 62 – Jan 1, 2001
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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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REVIEW ARTICLES ABSOLUTISM AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND WILLIAM BEIK Emory University Parker, David, Class and State in Ancien Régime France: the Road to Modernity? (London and New York: Routledge, 1997) 368 pp. $75.00 ISBN 0415136474 (hardback). 'I'his book is a major re-examination of French absolute monarchy. David Parkcr, the well-known author of a variety of studies exploring the analytical foundations of seventeenth-century state and society, has now set himself the task of developing a comprehensive Marxist analy- sis of the subject that takes account of the latest scholarship while "steer- ing a course between a structureless relativism on the one hand and economic reductionism on the other" (xi). In the current scholarly cli- mate it probably needs to be said that this is a challenging, meaning- ful, and immensely interesting endeavor. On the one hand Marxist analysis encourages reflection on the structure of a society and the nature of its distribution of burdens and advantages, especially with respect to the disadvantaged majority; on the other it provides tools for under- standing comparative social change or-perhaps even more significantly- the lack of it. Parker's book is an ambitious synthesis that connects recent work on

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Published: Jan 1, 2001

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