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Author:

Darnton, Robert.

Title:

The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history / Robert Darnton.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c1984

Description:

xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

France--Civilization--17th century.
France--Civilization--18th century.
National characteristics, French.
Folklore--France.
Volkscultuur.
Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Peasants tell tales: the meaning of Mother Goose -- Workers revolt: the great cat massacre of the Rue Saint-Séverin -- A bourgeois puts his world in order: the city as a text -- A police inspector sorts his files: the anatomy of the republic of letters -- Philosophers trim the tree of knowledge: the epistemological strategy of the Encyclopédie -- Readers respond to Rousseau: the fabrication of romantic sensitivity.

ISBN:

9780465027002
0465027008

LCCN:

83045251

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni) — 809.4 DAR

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)