The making of revolutionary Paris

"The sights, sounds, and smells of life in eighteenth-century Paris are evoked in the pages of this comprehensive chronicles of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of sweeping social and cultural change. An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris offers vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events, exploring the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and revealing the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: Urban life has its rhythms, as regular as those of the village.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

Editions

5

Pages

412

ISBN

9780520232532

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