A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution
Author:   Robert Darnton (Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus and University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195144512


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   19 April 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Robert Darnton (Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus and University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9780195144512


ISBN 10:   0195144511
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   19 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Introduction: Before Balzac 1. Our man on Mission 2. The View from the Home Office 3. Smuggling: Pontarlier 4. Sizing up Shops: Lons-le-Saunier 5. Selling Books, Collecting Bills: Bourg-en-Bresse 6. Entrepreneurs and Buccaneers: Lyon 7. Domestic Contraband: Lyon 8. The Trade in Trading: Avignon 9. The Struggle for Survival in the South: Nimes, Montpellier, Marseille 10. Hard Scrabble in the Southwest: Pezenas to Poitiers 11. Peddling and the Capillary System: Loudun 12. Upmarket and Downmarket in France's Homeland: Saumur to Dijon 13. An Ultimate Example: Besancon 14. The End of the Line: An Overview of the Demand for Literature 15. Lived Literature Acknowledgments

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Thoughtful and well-researched... --Kirkus Reviews


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Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, Emeritu of Harvard University, and is the author of The Great Cat Massacre and others. His website offers a digital tour of the research that went into the making of this book.

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