The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787–1788

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Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Year
1787
Type
Textbook
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Europe / France, Revolutionary, World / European, Journalism
ISBN
9780674025349
EAN
9780674025349
Subject Area
Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, History
Publication Name
Notables and the Nation : the Political Schooling of the French, 1787-1788
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Item Length
9.8 in
Publication Year
2008
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
Vivian R. Gruder
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
518 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674025342
ISBN-13
9780674025349
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59143008

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
518 Pages
Publication Name
Notables and the Nation : the Political Schooling of the French, 1787-1788
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Europe / France, Revolutionary, World / European, Journalism
Type
Textbook
Author
Vivian R. Gruder
Subject Area
Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, History
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-012984
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
In a detailed examination of this critical transition, Gruder examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government., This excellent work retraces the pre-revolutionary political events of 1787-1788. Particularly interesting is Gruder's convincing evidence--in the form of newspapers, pamphlets, and nouvelles à la main --showing that the debates of the notables, and after them the Paris Parlementaires , were widely discussed by an involved and informed French reading public. Combining a lively awareness of recent scholarship on the formation of public opinion and the nature of the reading public with a well-written, accessible text, The Notables and the Nation offers much to be admired.
Series Volume Number
157
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
944.04
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Map Introduction Part I: The Assembly of Notables: February-May 1787, November-December 1788 1. Paths to Political Consciousness: The Notables in the First Assembly, February-May 1787 2. Privilege, Property, and Participation: A Mutation in Elite Political Culture 3. The Society of Orders at Its Demise: The Vision of the Elite at the End of the Ancien RÉgime Part II: The Media and the Public: Networks of Information, Opinion, Instruction 4. Political News as Coded Messages: The Parisian and Provincial Press, 1787-1788 5. The French Foreign-Language Press: Gazettes 6. The French Foreign-Language Press: Journals of Opinion 7. Manuscript Newsletters--Nouvelles À la Main 8. Pamphlets: A Network of Political Education and Polemics 9. Readers and Reading Sites: The Public and the Network of the Printed and Written Media 10. The Verbal, the Visual and the Festive Part III: At the "Grass Roots" 11. Popular Pamphlets: Political Messages to the Public 12. Can We Hear the Voices of Peasants? 13. The "Grass Roots": Community Assemblies Deliberating Conclusion Appendix I: Chronology Appendix II: Contemporary Accounts of FÊtes Bibliographical Abbreviations Notes
Synopsis
The ending of absolute monarchy and the start of political combat between nobles and commoners make 1787-1788 the first stage of the French Revolution. In a detailed look at this critical transition, Gruder explores how the French people became engaged in an opposition movement that culminated in demands for the public's role in government., The ending of absolute, centralized monarchy and the beginning of political combat between nobles and commoners make the years 1787 to 1788 the first stage of the French Revolution. In a detailed examination of this critical transition, Vivian Gruder examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government. Gruder traces the growing involvement of the French people in the public issues of the day, leading to increased politicization. The debates of the Assembly of Notables in early 1787 aroused public support against the monarchy and in late 1788 confirmed public opposition to the nobility. The media--including newspapers and newsletters, pamphlets, literary societies, songs, iconography, and festive activities--disseminated messages of opposition and gave voice to popular aspirations for change. At hundreds of community assemblies throughout France in late 1788, people showed remarkable astuteness about such political issues as voting and representation and demonstrated a capacity for mobilization. The Notables and the Nation contributes to a renewed interest in the political origins of the French Revolution. It argues that a "bourgeois" revolution did take place as a movement for political aspirations, and invites us to witness the birth of popular representative government.
LC Classification Number
DC138.G77 2007

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