France in the Enlightenment

A panorama of a whole civilization, a world on the verge of cataclysm, unfolds in this magisterial work by the foremost historian of eighteenth-century France. Since Tocqueville's account of the Old Regime, historians have struggled to understand the social, cultural, and political intricacies of this efflorescence of French society before the Revolution.

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About the author

Daniel Roche is Professor of Modern History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Directeur d’Études at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Roche, Roche Daniel
• Assisted by: Arthur Goldhammer (Translation), Goldhammer Arthur (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2000
• EAN: 9780674001992
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00199-2
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 962 g
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (Pa; Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799