Sökt på: Sökresultat
totalt 12 träffar
![The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/5850213/the-forbidden-best-sellers-of-pre-revolutionary-france.jpg)
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France
His latest book vibrates with the strange political and literary energies of ancien r gime France. The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France traces the merging of …
![The Interpretation of Cultures](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/29158633/the-interpretation-of-cultures.jpg)
The Interpretation of Cultures
In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new …
![The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/69113061/the-revolutionary-temper-paris-1748-1789.jpg)
The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789
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 …
![The Literary Underground of the Old Regime](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/5652817/the-literary-underground-of-the-old-regime.jpg)
The Literary Underground of the Old Regime
“This is splendid historical writing…Darnton [has] a well-justified reputation as one of the most original contributors to our understanding of life in pre-revolutionary Paris.” …
![George Washington's False Teeth](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/9021850/george-washingtons-false-teeth.jpg)
George Washington's False Teeth
George Washington was inaugurated as president in 1789 with one tooth in his mouth, a lower left bicuspid. The Father of His Country had sets of false teeth that were made of …
![Berlin Journal, 1989-1990](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/6987850/berlin-journal-1989-1990.jpg)
Berlin Journal, 1989-1990
Shock waves from the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 continue to pulse through German society. As the difficult process of reunification continues, it is worth recalling …
![Media and political culture in the eighteenth century](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/7104442/media-and-political-culture-in-the-eighteenth-century.jpg)
Media and political culture in the eighteenth century
The eighteenth century, in which the Royal Academy of Letters was created in Stockholm, was a time of intense political discussion. Concepts such as human rights and social …
![Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7245203/mesmerism-and-the-end-of-the-enlightenment-in-france.jpg)
Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France
“[An] excellent and exemplary study in the history of ideas…Provides a commendable model for those interested in the way ‘true’ and ‘false’ ideas interact and broadly influence …
![The Business of Enlightenment](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/9504829/the-business-of-enlightenment.jpg)
The Business of Enlightenment
”A major achievement of American scholarship and in the first rank of those which have been transforming our view of French history during the last twenty years.“ —New York Review …
![The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/3414782/the-corpus-of-clandestine-literature-in-france-1769-1789.jpg)
The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789
The world of illegal publishing in eighteenth-century France was large and varied, taking in the greatest works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Diderot, as well as the …
![Buyuk Kedi Katliami](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/27139780/buyuk-kedi-katliami.jpg)
Buyuk Kedi Katliami
1730'larin Paris'inde bir matbaanin ciraklari kendi kurduklari mahkemelerde yargiladiklari kedileri olumle cezalandirirlar. Bu hik yeyi tekrar tekrar anlatan ciraklar her seferinde …
![Poetry and the Police](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7446053/poetry-and-the-police.jpg)
Poetry and the Police
“We are given a vivid sense of how songs were circulated and performed on the streets of Paris...Darnton has opened up another rich vein of research in the eighteenth century.” …