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The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789
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The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 Hard cover - 2024

by Darnton, Robert

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Minimal wear to corners, otherwise an exceptional copy. 2024 Hard Cover. xxviii, 547 pp. Map of Paris in 1776 precedes text, includes two sections of black-and-white reproductions of engravings and portraits. 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 cafes, 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.
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  • Title The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789
  • Author Darnton, Robert
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 576
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2024
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2344508
  • ISBN 9781324035589 / 1324035587
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.54 x 1.23 in (24.13 x 16.61 x 3.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799, Paris (France) - History - 18th century
  • Dewey Decimal Code 944.361

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