Title Against war and empire : Geneva, Britain, and France in the eighteenth century / Richard Whatmore

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 393 pages) Series Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Contents PART I. Introduction. 1. 1782 and After -- PART II. The Crisis of the Republic, 1698-1786. 2. Geneva and France, 1698-1754 -- 3. Rousseau and Geneva -- 4. Geneva and Britain -- PART III. The Crisis of the Empires, 1782-1802. 5. Cosmopolitan Versus Mercantile Empire -- 6. International Crises and Perpetual Peace -- 7. Revolution and Empire -- PART IV. Epilogue. 8. The Last Représentant and Philosophic Radicalism Summary 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, Coltaire, Bentham and others in seeking to make Europe safe for small states, by vanquishing the threats presented by war and by empire 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 empire. The Genevan attempt to moralize the commercial world, and align national self-interest with perpetual peace and the abandonment of empire, had implications for the French Revolution, the British Empire, and the identity of modern Europe. -- Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Republicanism -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Europe -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs. Diplomatic relations Republicanism Republikanismus SUBJECT Geneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century Geneva (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- France France -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051227 Geneva (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684 Subject Europe -- Geneva (Republic) France Great Britain Genf Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012006776 ISBN 9780300183573 0300183577 0300175574 9780300175578

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