Guide to the Gimon Conference on French Political Economy

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources. Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC1084

Title: Gimon Conference on French Political Economy

Dates: 2004 Apr 17-19

Physical Description: 18 optical disc(s) (CD-R)

Summary: Audio CDs from the conference, along with the printed program.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives

Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources

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Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: speccollref@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Gimon Conference on French Political Economy (SC1084). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

In April 2004, the Stanford University Libraries and the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, with the generous support of the Flora Family Foundation, sponsored an international conference, The Gimon Conference on French Political economy. This event brought together over 20 scholars from the US, France, and Great Britain, for 3 days of presentations and debates.

Papers focused on topics and primary sources held in the Stanford University Libraries' Gustave Gimon Collection of French Political Economy, including: the scope of royal or government power, economic theory and international trade, religious theory and tolerance, colonial policies and slavery, utopian socialism and social engineering. The ideas of the Physiocrats, and of thinkers such as Montesquieu, Rousseau, Turgot, Proudhon, Fourier, and Saint-Simon were among the topics discussed.

The Gimon conference coincided with the publication of A vast and useful art : the Gustave Gimon Collection on French Political Economy, edited by Mary Jane Parrine. Stanford University Libraries, 2004, a book containing the catalogue of the Gimon Collection of French Political Economy, as well as detailed thematic essays on its "highlights" and five essays by leading scholars.

Description of the Collection

Audio CDs from the conference, along with the printed program.

Access Terms

Gimon Conference on French Political Economy, 1650-1848 (17-19 April 2004: Stanford University)

France--Economic conditions.

France--Politics and government.

France--Social life and customs.

Gustave Gimon Collection of French Political Economy.

Social history--France.

Collection Contents

Audio Recordings

Box 1U

Opening Remarks1 2004 Apr 17