Private Lives and Public Affairs - The Causes Celebres of Prerevolutionary France

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List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. This book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sara C. Maza, Sarah Maza, Sarah C. Maza, Maza Sarah
• Assisted by: Sarah Maza (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.1995
• EAN: 9780520201637
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20163-7
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture; Studies on the History of Soci; Studies on the History of Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LAW / Courts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LAW / Trial Practice, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Communication Studies, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures