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Author Melton, James Van Horn, 1952-

Title The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series New approaches to European history ; 22
New approaches to European history ; 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: What is the public sphere? -- pt. 1. Politics and the rise of "public opinion": the cases of England and France: Peculiarities of the English -- Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century -- pt. 2. Readers, writers, and spectators: Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere -- Writing publics: eighteenth-century authorship -- From courts to consumers: theater publics -- pt. 3. Being sociable: Women in public: Enlightenment salons -- Drinking in public: taverns and coffeehouses -- Freemasonry: toward civil society.
Summary In the New Approaches to European History series, this title provides an inter-disciplinary study of the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. James Melton's lucid and accessible account will be of interest to students of social and political history, literary studies, political theory, and the history of women.
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Subject Enlightenment -- Europe.
Enlightenment.
Europe.
Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Manners and customs.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Intellectual life.
Civil society -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Civil society.
History.
Printing -- Social aspects -- Europe -- 18th century.
Printing -- Social aspects.
Printing.
Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century.
Europe -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Melton, James Van Horn, 1952- Rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521465737 0521469694 (DLC) 2001025456 (OCoLC)46364760
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