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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The enlightenment | |
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| The rise of industry | |
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| The development of the concept of industry | |
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| Eavesdropping on Voltaire and his contemporaries | |
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| Industry in Voltaire's Time | |
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| Industrial growth in eighteenth-century France | |
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| The principal branches of industry: textiles and iron | |
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| The French concentration on high quality products | |
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| No mechanisation of labour | |
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| State and industry in France | |
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| Intellectual context: the term 'industry' up to the 1750s | |
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| The use of the term industry | |
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| The transformation of the 1750s | |
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| Voltaire, Prussia and Industry | |
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| Voltaire's departure from Paris | |
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| The journey through industry-less Westphalia | |
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| Industry in Westphalia | |
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| The arrival in Berlin: 'The fairy-land' | |
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| The highlight of Voltaire's first weeks in Berlin: a carrouzel | |
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| Frederick's thought on art and industry | |
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| Modern perspectives on Prussian industry under Frederick II | |
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| Merchant industry in Prussia: the new Asiatic trade company | |
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| 'A new industry' in Prussia: the silk manufactures | |
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| A European Debate about Colbert | |
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| The concept of industry in the debate about Colbert | |
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| Voltaire's defence of Colbert during the stay in Prussia | |
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| Voltaire's response to Boisguilbert | |
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| 'Nothing could be more wrong' | |
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| French and Prussian anecdotes about administrators and merchants | |
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| Two different keys to industry | |
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| Self-love and the branches of industry | |
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| Enter La Beaumelle | |
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| La Beaumelle between Voltaire and Montesquieu | |
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| Frederick, Voltaire and La Beaumelle's edition of the Age of Louis XIV | |
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| How Much Industry Does a Nation Need? | |
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| Saint-Pierre's critique of the reign of Louis XIV | |
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| 'Half fool and half philosopher': ambiguous perceptions of Saint-Pierre | |
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| Voltaire's response to the Political Annals | |
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| Saint-Pierre's political economy argument | |
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| Saint-Pierre's moral argument | |
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| A revolt against Fenelon's frugality | |
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| Physiocratic industry and Voltairean industry | |
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| Industry: source or consumer of riches | |
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| Pro and contra laissez-faire in industry | |
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| 'A minister of the last century': industry, war and peace | |
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| The debate about the Compagnie des Indes | |
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| Voltaire and the Hercule | |
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| Jacues Necker's defence of Colbert | |
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| A Political Campaign for Industry | |
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| The essay competition of the Societe OEconomique in Petersburg | |
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| Voltaire's essay: serfdom as an institutional obstacle to industry | |
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| The social implications of the rise of industry | |
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| Voltaire's campaign against serfdom in France | |
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| The campaign against serfdom under the ministry of Turgot | |
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| 'Industry will be harmed even more' | |
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| Vexatious feudal privileges | |
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| The progress of industry: a common concern of Turgot and Voltaire | |
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| The campaign against serfdom after the fall of Turgot | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |