The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture : Old Regime Europe 1660-1789
The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture : Old Regime Europe 1660-1789
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Book Description
In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the center to the margins by the emergence of a new
kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic.
The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789 ,T. C. W. Blanning,Oxford University Press, USA,0199265615,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History - General History,History: World,Western Europe - General,World - General,Europe,European history: c 1500 to c 1750,History / Great Britain,History of ideas, intellectual history,History, World | European | General,c 1600 to c 1700,c 1700 to c 1800
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