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Vanishing Children of Paris : Rumor and Politics Before the French Revolution by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674931947

ISBN-139780674931947

eBay Product ID (ePID)363068

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVanishing Children of Paris : Rumor and Politics before the French Revolution

SubjectChildren's Studies, Europe / France, Revolutionary, Popular Culture, World / European

Publication Year1993

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorArlette Farge, Jacques Revel

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal944/.36034

SynopsisIn the spring of 1750 a two-day series of riots erupted in Paris when the populace discovered that police were sweeping children off the streets in an overzealous attempt to control vagrancy. Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel use this bizarre incident and its colorful cast of actors to view broader issues such as the power of rumor, mob psychology, the exercise of authority, and the maintenance of peace in Paris under the ancien r gime ., In the spring of 1750 a two-day series of riots erupted in Paris when the populace discovered that police were sweeping children off the streets in an overzealous attempt to control vagrancy. Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel use this bizarre incident and its colorful cast of actors to view broader issues such as the power of rumor, mob psychology, the exercise of authority, and the maintenance of peace in Paris under the ancien régime .