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The Making of Revolutionary Paris
David Garrioch
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Description for The Making of Revolutionary Paris
Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, 36 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
The sights, sounds, and smells of life on the streets and in the houses of eighteenth-century Paris rise from the pages of this marvelously anecdotal chronicle of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of extraordinary social and cultural change. An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris combines vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events as it explores the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and reveals the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution. David Garrioch rewrites ... Read more
The sights, sounds, and smells of life on the streets and in the houses of eighteenth-century Paris rise from the pages of this marvelously anecdotal chronicle of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of extraordinary social and cultural change. An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris combines vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events as it explores the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and reveals the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution. David Garrioch rewrites ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520243279
SKU
V9780520243279
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About David Garrioch
David Garrioch is Associate Professor of History at Monash University, Australia, and author of The Formation of the Parisian Bourgeoisie, 1690-1830 (1996) and Neighborhood and Community in Paris, 1740-1790 (1986).
Reviews for The Making of Revolutionary Paris
"An unusually compelling work of scholarly systhesis: a history of a city of revolution in a revolutionary century." - John E. Talbott, author of The Pen and Ink Sailor; "Garrioch makes a brilliant case for the centrality of Paris in the history of France." - Bonnie Smith author of The Gender of History"