Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Célèbres of Prerevolutionary France Volume 18

by Sarah C. Maza

Book Overview

From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520201639
• ISBN13: 9780520201637
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"