Understanding French economic development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has always proved a formidable challenge for historians This concise survey is designed to make clear the areas of controversy among historians, and to guide the readerthrough the debates The author provides succinct surveys of recent findings on the pattern озьюы of development, and on the underlying causes of that pattern He argues that France provides a quietly successful case of economic development, avoiding the massive social upheaval experienced elsewhere in Europe.  Алиса встречаетсяISBN 0521557771.