Download or read book The Development of the French Economy, 1750–1914 written by Colin Heywood and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-06-18 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the way economic historians have approached two sets of problems. Should the French economy in 18th and 19th centuries be considered "retarded", or an early European development success, and, should economic performance be explained by material conditions, or in social terms.