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Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R3,220
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Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Lindsay Porter

Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

Lindsay Porter

Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850

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This book examines the impact of rumour during the French Revolution, offering a new approach to understanding the experiences of those who lived through it. Focusing on Paris during the most radical years of the Jacobin republic, it argues that popular rumour helped to shape perceptions of the Revolution and provided communities with a framework with which to interpret an unstable world. Lindsay Porter explores the role of rumour as a phenomenon in itself, investigating the way in which the informal authority of the 'word on the street' was subject to a range of historical and contemporary prejudices. Drawing its conclusions from police reports and other archival sources, this study examines the potential of rumour both to unite and to divide communities, as rumour and hearsay began to play an important role in defining and judging personal commitment to the Revolution and what it meant to be a citizen.

General

Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Release date: 2018
First published: 2017
Authors: Lindsay Porter
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 267
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-56966-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 3-319-56966-X
Barcode: 9783319569666

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