Memoire concernant l’utilite des etats provinciaux

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M\u00e9moire concernant l'utilit\u00e9 des \u00e9tats provinciaux (1750) is a work by Victor Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. In this book, Mirabeau criticized the centralized government established by Louis XIV. He advocated for the establishment of provincial assemblies throughout France, as they then existed in only a small portion of the country. This work is considered his first major publication on political economy.1

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Victor Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
In his first major work, Mémoire concernant l’utilité des états provinciaux . . . (1750; “Memorandum Concerning the Usefulness of the Provincial Estates . . .”), he criticized the highly centralized governmental system that had been set up by King Louis XIV and proposed that the provincial assemblies, which then…
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In his first major work, Mémoire concernant l’utilité des états provinciaux . . . (1750; “Memorandum Concerning the Usefulness of the Provincial Estates . . .”), he criticized the highly centralized governmental system that had been set up by King Louis XIV and proposed that the provincial assemblies, which then…
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