"A well-documented and researched portrait of a city during a century of massive upheaval. . . . Garrioch is especially good at bringing the rythms of day-to-day life alive in this very readable academic study."--The Age
"Garrioch is that rare scholar who combines thorough research with a lively writing style. He wrote this book with the general reader in mind, and he skillfully uses primary sources to enliven his account of Paris on the cusp of cataclysmic change. A solid introduction to the epicenter of the Revolutionary Age and an essential selection for every French history collection."--Library Journal starred review
"[Garrioch's] book makes the ordinary but fateful new Paris come alive....The details all come together in a marvelous synthesis that depicts a vibrant, rapidly growing city whose people were primed for a big change."--Los Angeles Times
"[A] compelling combination of the author's own research as a leading scholar of the period, and of his wide-ranging synthesis of other work."--Times Literary Supplement
"Among the delights of this book are its lavish illustrations. . . . Let us hope that forthcoming histories of Paris produce an account of the city's social history in the 19th and 20th centuries that is as rich as the one Garrioch has produced for the 18th."--Financial Times (UK)
"So we should be grateful to the Australian historian David Garrioch for producing this rich and entertaining, if not entirely satisfying, account."--The New Republic
"An unusually compelling work of scholarly synthesis: a history of a city of revolution in a revolutionary century. Garrioch claims that until 1750 Paris remained a city characterized by a powerful sense of hierarchy. From the mid-century on, however, and with gathering speed, economic, demographic, political, and social change swept the city. Having produced an extremely engaging account of the old corporate society, Garrioch turns to the forces that relentlessly undermined it."--John E. Talbott, author of The Pen and Ink Sailor: Charles Middleton and the King's Navy, 1778-1813
"A truly wonderful synthesis of the many historical strands that compose the history of eighteenth-century Paris. In rewriting the history of the French Revolution as a more than century-long urban metamorphosis, Garrioch makes a brilliant case for the centrality of Paris in the history of France."--Bonnie Smith, author of The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice
DESCRIPTION (back to top)
The sights, sounds, and smells of life on the streets and in the houses of eighteenth-century Paris rise from the pages of this marvelously anecdotal chronicle of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of extraordinary social and cultural change. An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris combines vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events as it explores the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and reveals the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution.
David Garrioch rewrites the origins of the Parisian Revolution as the story of an urban metamorphosis stimulated by factors such as the spread of the Enlightenment, the growth of consumerism, and new ideas about urban space. With an eye on the broad social trends emerging during the century, he focuses his narrative on such humble but fascinating aspects of daily life as traffic congestion, a controversy over the renumbering of houses, and the ever-present dilemma of where to bury the dead. He describes changes in family life and women's social status, in religion, in the literary imagination, and in politics.
Paris played a significant role in sparking the French Revolution, and in turn, the Revolution changed the city, not only its political structures but also its social organization, gender ideologies, and cultural practices. This book is the first to look comprehensively at the effect of the Revolution on city life. Based on the author's own research in Paris and on the most current scholarship, this absorbing book takes French history in new directions, providing a new understanding of the Parisian and the European past.
CONTENTS (back to top)
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I THE SOCIAL ORDER OF CUSTOMARY PARIS
1. The Patterns of Urban Life
2. The Poor You Have with You Always
3. Not Servants but Workers
4. Each According to His Station
PART II CITY GOVERNMENT AND POPULAR DISCONTENT
5. Bread, Police, and Protest
6. Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: Religion and Politics
PART III MAKING A NEW ROME
7. Affaires du Temps
8. Secularization
9. Urbanism or Despotism?
10. The Integration of the City
11. Plebeian Culture, Metropolitan Culture
12. The City and the Revolution
Epilogue The New Paris
Notes
Selected Reading
Index
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"Garrioch is that rare scholar who combines thorough research with a lively writing style. He wrote this book with the general reader in mind, and he skillfully uses primary sources to enliven his account of Paris on the cusp of cataclysmic change. A solid introduction to the epicenter of the Revolutionary Age and an essential selection for every French history collection."--Library Journal starred review
"[Garrioch's] book makes the ordinary but fateful new Paris come alive....The details all come together in a marvelous synthesis that depicts a vibrant, rapidly growing city whose people were primed for a big change."--Los Angeles Times
"[A] compelling combination of the author's own research as a leading scholar of the period, and of his wide-ranging synthesis of other work."--Times Literary Supplement
"Among the delights of this book are its lavish illustrations. . . . Let us hope that forthcoming histories of Paris produce an account of the city's social history in the 19th and 20th centuries that is as rich as the one Garrioch has produced for the 18th."--Financial Times (UK)
"So we should be grateful to the Australian historian David Garrioch for producing this rich and entertaining, if not entirely satisfying, account."--The New Republic
"An unusually compelling work of scholarly synthesis: a history of a city of revolution in a revolutionary century. Garrioch claims that until 1750 Paris remained a city characterized by a powerful sense of hierarchy. From the mid-century on, however, and with gathering speed, economic, demographic, political, and social change swept the city. Having produced an extremely engaging account of the old corporate society, Garrioch turns to the forces that relentlessly undermined it."--John E. Talbott, author of The Pen and Ink Sailor: Charles Middleton and the King's Navy, 1778-1813
"A truly wonderful synthesis of the many historical strands that compose the history of eighteenth-century Paris. In rewriting the history of the French Revolution as a more than century-long urban metamorphosis, Garrioch makes a brilliant case for the centrality of Paris in the history of France."--Bonnie Smith, author of The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice
DESCRIPTION (back to top)
The sights, sounds, and smells of life on the streets and in the houses of eighteenth-century Paris rise from the pages of this marvelously anecdotal chronicle of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of extraordinary social and cultural change. An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris combines vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events as it explores the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and reveals the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution.
David Garrioch rewrites the origins of the Parisian Revolution as the story of an urban metamorphosis stimulated by factors such as the spread of the Enlightenment, the growth of consumerism, and new ideas about urban space. With an eye on the broad social trends emerging during the century, he focuses his narrative on such humble but fascinating aspects of daily life as traffic congestion, a controversy over the renumbering of houses, and the ever-present dilemma of where to bury the dead. He describes changes in family life and women's social status, in religion, in the literary imagination, and in politics.
Paris played a significant role in sparking the French Revolution, and in turn, the Revolution changed the city, not only its political structures but also its social organization, gender ideologies, and cultural practices. This book is the first to look comprehensively at the effect of the Revolution on city life. Based on the author's own research in Paris and on the most current scholarship, this absorbing book takes French history in new directions, providing a new understanding of the Parisian and the European past.
CONTENTS (back to top)
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I THE SOCIAL ORDER OF CUSTOMARY PARIS
1. The Patterns of Urban Life
2. The Poor You Have with You Always
3. Not Servants but Workers
4. Each According to His Station
PART II CITY GOVERNMENT AND POPULAR DISCONTENT
5. Bread, Police, and Protest
6. Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: Religion and Politics
PART III MAKING A NEW ROME
7. Affaires du Temps
8. Secularization
9. Urbanism or Despotism?
10. The Integration of the City
11. Plebeian Culture, Metropolitan Culture
12. The City and the Revolution
Epilogue The New Paris
Notes
Selected Reading
Index
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.