The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 by Robert Darnton (English) Hardcover

Description: The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton Shortlisted for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice A groundbreaking account of the coming of the French Revolution from a historian of worldwide acclaim. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. Most historians account for the French Revolution by viewing it in retrospect as the outcome of underlying conditions such as a faltering economy, social tensions, or the influence of Enlightenment thought. But what did Parisians themselves think they were doing—how did they understand their world? What were the motivations and aspirations that guided their actions? In this dazzling history, Robert Darnton addresses these questions by drawing on decades of close study to conjure a past as vivid as todays news. He explores eighteenth-century Paris as an information society much like our own, its news circuits centered in cafés, on park benches, and under the Palais-Royals Tree of Cracow. Through pamphlets, gossip, underground newsletters, and public performances, the events of some forty years—from disastrous treaties, official corruption, and royal debauchery to thrilling hot-air balloon ascents and new understandings of the nation—all entered the churning collective consciousness of ordinary Parisians. As public trust in royal authority eroded and new horizons opened for them, Parisians prepared themselves for revolution. Darntons authority and sure judgment enable readers to confidently navigate the passions and complexities of controversies over court politics, Church doctrine, and the economy. And his compact, luminous prose creates an immersive reading experience. Here is a riveting narrative that succeeds in making the past a living presence. Author Biography Robert Darnton is the author of many award-winning works in French cultural history, and taught for years at Princeton and Harvard. He is a chevalier in the Légion dHonneur, and winner of the National Humanities Medal. Review "This captivating history of the decades leading up to the French Revolution offers a populist account of a fervent political moment. Darnton…immerse[s] readers in what agitated Parisians read, wore, ate and sang on the way to toppling the monarchy of Louis XVI." -- New York Times Book Review"What did Parisians think and gossip, sing and obsess about over the decades before the storming of the Bastille? In The Revolutionary Temper, Robert Darnton paints a sumptuous mural of the eighteenth-century mind. With the Encyclopédie, with manned balloons in the air, reason seemed on a roll. With posters, pamphlets, and public readings, the written word appeared supreme. A few vicious libels, some stock market manipulation, a lurid adultery trial, one notorious diamond necklace, any number of court intrigues, skyrocketing bread prices, and plunging temperatures combined, among other elements, to shake a nation to its core. A rich, beautifully crafted book that plants the reader in a Paris that feels at all times electric." -- Stacy Schiff, author of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams"Standing at the summit of Robert Darntons towering intellectual career, The Revolutionary Temper plunges the reader into the coffee shops, workrooms, and alleys of pre-revolutionary Paris. Following the traces of songs and rumors, insults and discontent, Darnton allows us to eavesdrop, almost miraculously, on whispers nearly two and a half centuries old. Here is the hive mind of ordinary people in extraordinary times, as they shake loose the thought and feeling of ages past, and decide—slowly, and then all at once—to begin the world anew." -- Jane Kamensky, author of A Revolution in Color"A page-turner on the 40 years before the fall of the Bastille." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Darntons panoramic vision is rendered in lucid and vigorous prose, with a consistent focus on the day-to-day communications and emotions of regular people. Its an enthralling exploration of the psychology of political change." -- Publishers Weekly Details ISBN1324035587 Author Robert Darnton Publisher WW Norton & Co Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781324035589 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-11-07 Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle Paris, 1748-1789 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-11-07 NZ Release Date 2023-11-07 US Release Date 2023-11-07 UK Release Date 2023-11-07 Illustrations 16 pages of illustrations Language English ISBN-10 1324035587 Audience General Pages 576 DEWEY 944.04 Alternative 9781324086420 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151635159;

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