Three descriptions of the French Revolution
The terror and its causes
Balanced government and the English Constitution
England's future in a French context
Sieyes and his contemporaries
True monarchy, or the idea of a modern republic
Montesquieu and the idea of monarchy
The troglodytes and the morality of monarchy
Law's System, the Abbe de Saint-Pierre, and the grand design
From the Persian Letters to the Spirit of Laws
The inheritance of property and the inheritance of thrones
The problem of sovereignty and the nature of monarchy
Trade, the system of ranks, and the alternative to public credit
Morality and politics in a divided world
Francois Veron de Forbonnais and the limits of trade
Physiocracy, or the natural and essential order of political societies
From friendship to mankind to political economy
Industry and representative government
Agriculture, industry, and inequality
Jacques Necker and Burke's paradox
Joseph Fauchet and Pierre-Paul Gudin de la Brenellerie
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Facing the Future; 2. Montesquieu and the Idea of Monarchy; 3. Morality and Politics in a Divided World; 4. Industry and Representative Government; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
