Prelude to Power The Parisian Radical Press, 1789-1791 / Jack Richard Censer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Censer, Jack Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presse.

Gewalt.

Press.

Journalists.

Press--France.

Paris (France).

France.

France--Histoire--1791-1792.

France--Histoire--1789-1799 (Revolution)--Journalistes.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Journalists.

Genre:

Radikale Presse.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 186 pages) :) illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press 2019

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Otiginally published in 1976. This investigation focuses on the ideology of the radical press during the French Revolution. Events, individuals, and institutions were important, but they were reported in such a manner as to make them subordinate to ideas. In their descriptions of the people and institutions of the Revolution, radicals drew heavily on the stereotypes provided by their ideology. The author analyzes the radicals of 1789 to 1791 with respect to collective interests and concerns. For these radicals, ideology governed from 1789 through 1791. And, insofar as events had any impact on the radicals, occurrences of 1790 were important because they coincided with radical shifts in opinion. Subsequent and more famous events came too late to have much impact on radical views. The author reveals that Jacobin thought of 1792 and 1793 had definite origins dating from 1789. The similarity between radical thought and the ideology of Robespierre proves that Jacobinism was not a hasty doctrine of the moment but the direct product of positions assumed since 1789.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface

l. Introduction: The Problem Defined

2. The Papers and the Journalists

3. The Ideology of Popular Sovereignty

4. The Range of Reporting: The Treatment of Events in the Radical Press

5. The Treatment of Individuals and Institutions in the Radical Press

6. Conclusion

Appendixes

A. Methodology: An Examination of Events in the Radical Press

B. Tables: Events in the Radical Press

C. Articles for Week of August 10-16, 1790

D. The Paris Municipality, Bailly, Lafayette, the King, and the National Assembly in the Radical Press

E. Titles and Dates of Appearance of the Different Versions of the Mercure National

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8018-1816-8

1-4214-3391-5

OCLC:

1128079884