The culture of power and the power of culture : old regime Europe, 1660-1789 / T.C.W. Blanning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanning, T. C. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture diffusion.

History.

Enlightenment.

Books and reading.

Europe--Intellectual life--18th century.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Europe--Politics and government--18th century.

Politics and government.

Books and reading--Europe--History--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Enlightenment--Europe--18th century.

Culture diffusion--Europe--History--18th century.

Europe--Social life and customs--18th century.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0198227450

OCLC:

46992109