The Smile Revolution in Eighteenth Century Paris

Zusatztext A tour de force ... Tullett's book is a really successful social and cultural history. Informationen zum Autor Colin Jones is Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London. He has published widely on French history, particularly on the eighteenth century, the French Revolution, and the history of medicine. His many books include The Medical World of Early Modern France (with Lawrence Brockliss, 1997), The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (2002), and Paris: Biography of a City (2004: winner of the Enid MacLeod Prize). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Past President, Royal Historical Society. Klappentext The story of how we learned to smile. A unique and untold story about a facial expression at the heart of modern western civilization. Zusammenfassung The story of how we learned to smile. A unique and untold story about a facial expression at the heart of modern western civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Old Regime of Teeth 2: The Smile of Sensibility 3: Cometh the Dentist 4: The Making of a Revolution 5: The Transient Smile Revolution 6: Beyond the Smile Revolution Postscript: Towards the Twentieth-Century Smile Revolution Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Colin Jones, Colin Jones CBE, Colin (Queen Mary University of London Jones CBE
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9780198715818
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871581-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions