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Darnton, Robert.
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Popular culture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
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Darnton, Robert.
Popular culture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
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The revolutionary temper : Paris, 1748-1789 / Robert Darnton.
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Darnton, Robert.
W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Call #:
944
.361034
D223r
Subjects
Popular culture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
ISBN:
9781324035589 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxviii, 547 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A groundbreaking account of the coming of the French Revolution from a historian of worldwide acclaim. When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. Most historians account for the French Revolution by viewing it in retrospect as the outcome of underlying conditions such as a faltering economy, social tensions, or the influence of Enlightenment thought. But what did Parisians themselves think they were doing -- how did they understand their world? What were the motivations and aspirations that guided their actions? In this dazzling history, Robert Darnton addresses these questions by drawing on decades of close study to conjure a past as vivid as today’s news. He explores eighteenth-century Paris as an information society much like our own, its news circuits centered in cafés, on park benches, and under the Palais-Royal’s Tree of Cracow. Through pamphlets, gossip, underground newsletters, and public performances, the events of some forty years -- from disastrous treaties, official corruption, and royal debauchery to thrilling hot-air balloon ascents and new understandings of the nation -- all entered the churning collective consciousness of ordinary Parisians. As public trust in royal authority eroded and new horizons opened for them, Parisians prepared themselves for revolution. Darnton’s authority and sure judgment enable readers to confidently navigate the passions and complexities of controversies over court politics, Church doctrine, and the economy. And his compact, luminous prose creates an immersive reading experience. Here is a riveting narrative that succeeds in making the past a living presence."--Publisher.
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