France in the Enlightenment |
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Author:
| Roche, Daniel |
Translator:
| Goldhammer, Arthur |
Series title: | Harvard Historical Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-00199-2 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.50 |
Book Description:
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The foremost historian of 18th-century France explores how the Old Regime's institutions operated and how they were understood by the people who worked within them. Roche depicts the "culture of appearances"--the food and clothing, living quarters, and reading material of the peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the provinces.
The foremost historian of 18th-century France explores how the Old Regime's institutions operated and how they were understood by the people who worked within them. Roche depicts the "culture of appearances"--the food and clothing, living quarters, and reading material of the peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the provinces.