Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Célèbres of Prerevolutionary France
Author:   Sarah Maza
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   18
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9780520201637


Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 May 1995
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Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Célèbres of Prerevolutionary France


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From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.

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Author:   Sarah Maza
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   18
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520201637


ISBN 10:   0520201639
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 May 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 The Social Imagery of Political Crisis, 1771-1773 2 The Rose-Girl of Salency: From Theatricality to Rhetoric 3 Private Lives and Public Affairs: Upper-Class Scandal, 1774-1778 4 The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786 5 Innocent Blood Avenged : Emplotting Judicial Reform, 1785-1786 6 Domestic Drama and the Social Contract CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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A sophisticated analysis of the development of prerevolutionary political culture based on an examination of nontraditional sources. . . . This is an important work for revolutionary historians. -- Choice


"""A sophisticated analysis of the development of prerevolutionary political culture based on an examination of nontraditional sources. . . . This is an important work for revolutionary historians.""--""Choice"


""A sophisticated analysis of the development of prerevolutionary political culture based on an examination of nontraditional sources. . . . This is an important work for revolutionary historians.""--""Choice


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Sarah Maza is Professor of History at Northwestern University and the author of Servants and Masters in Eighteenth-Century France: The Uses of Loyalty (1983).

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