UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q5(a) · 10 marks
“France was even more fertile than Britain in producing new socialist theories and movements, though bore less concrete results in France than Britain.” Critically examine
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Pre-Marxian Socialism
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