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by: T. C. W. Blanning
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9780199265619
ISBN: 0199265615
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: October 09, 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 387640
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the center to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic.
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Rating:  - Incredible insightfull
Blanning drives heavy on ' The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere' from Jurgen Habermas on this one. So in order to get a better understanding, you better read Habermas first, or along with this book. They both adress the same isssue, and deal about the way the public sphere came into being. They both show quite good how the French revolution could happen only in France. This last was always a riddle to me, and I think one of the subjects that most early modern historians are looking ... Read More
Rating:  - Very illuminating
I am fairly knowledgeable about the 18th century, but this book brought me some brilliant new insights and new viewpoints - especially on 18th century Prussia, on the popularity of George III and (oddly) of Joseph II. Superb illustration through the history of culture of how the 18th century monarchy in France, unlike that of Prussia and England, failed to connect with the "public sphere". I found the omission of the Dutch Republic regrettable and a few passages a little tedious; but for me the ... Read More
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