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Dairy queens : the politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette / Meredith Martin.
LIBRA NA2543.W65 M37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.)
- Series:
- Harvard historical studies ; 176.
- Harvard historical studies ; 176
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and women--France--History.
- Architecture and women.
- Pleasure dairies--France.
- Pleasure dairies.
- Politics and culture--France--History.
- Politics and culture.
- Elite (Social sciences)--France--History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- History.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele
- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat
- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour
- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect
- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674048997
- 0674048997
- OCLC:
- 555658375
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