Against War and Empire
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Against War and Empire

Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century

Richard Whatmore

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Against War and Empire

Geneva, Britain, and France in the Eighteenth Century

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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Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780300183573
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

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APA 6 Citation

Whatmore, R. (2012). Against War and Empire (1st ed.). Yale University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1089858/against-war-and-empire-geneva-britain-and-france-in-the-eighteenth-century-pdf (Original work published 2012)

Chicago Citation

Whatmore, Richard. (2012) 2012. Against War and Empire. 1st ed. Yale University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1089858/against-war-and-empire-geneva-britain-and-france-in-the-eighteenth-century-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Whatmore, R. (2012) Against War and Empire. 1st edn. Yale University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1089858/against-war-and-empire-geneva-britain-and-france-in-the-eighteenth-century-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Whatmore, Richard. Against War and Empire. 1st ed. Yale University Press, 2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.