TY - BOOK ID - 77882772 TI - Poetry and the Police AU - Darnton, Robert, AU - Delavault, Hélène AU - Pavy, Claude PY - 2012 SN - 0674059271 9780674059276 9780674057159 0674057155 0674262921 9780674262928 PB - Cambridge, MA DB - UniCat KW - Communication in politics KW - Information networks KW - Police KW - Political activists KW - Political culture KW - Political poetry, French KW - Street music KW - Street music and musicians KW - Music KW - French political poetry KW - French poetry KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Activists, Political KW - Persons KW - Political participation KW - Cops KW - Gendarmes KW - Law enforcement officers KW - Officers, Law enforcement KW - Officers, Police KW - Police forces KW - Police officers KW - Police service KW - Policemen KW - Policing KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Criminal justice personnel KW - Peace officers KW - Public safety KW - Security systems KW - Automated information networks KW - Networks, Information KW - Information services KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Political communication KW - History KW - History and criticism. KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Paris (France) KW - Parijs (France) KW - Pařiž (France) KW - Parizh (France) KW - Париж (France) KW - Parigi (France) KW - Bārīs (France) KW - باريس (France) KW - Lutetia (France) KW - Paryż (France) KW - Párizs (France) KW - Parisioi (France) KW - Parisi (France) KW - Παρίσι (France) KW - Parys (France) KW - Parij (France) KW - Parĩ (France) KW - Bali (France) KW - Pa-lí (France) KW - 巴黎 (France) KW - Horad Paryz︠h︡ (France) KW - Горад Парыж (France) KW - Paryz︠h︡ (France) KW - Парыж (France) KW - Парис (France) KW - Parighji (France) KW - Pariggi (France) KW - Pariis (France) KW - Париж ош (France) KW - Parizh osh (France) KW - Parizo (France) KW - Páras (France) KW - Paarys (France) KW - Pâ-lì-sṳ (France) KW - 파리 (France) KW - Palika (France) KW - פריז (France) KW - Lutèce (France) KW - Paris KW - Seine (France) KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - City of Paris UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77882772 AB - Darnton has ably mined the available evidence surrounding the 1749 investigation and string of arrests for sedition known as the "Affair of the Fourteen" and produced a remarkable analysis of a subversive Parisian public discourse that openly attacked the king, his mistress, new taxes, and an unpopular peace treaty. Darnton lucidly reconstructs a world where information traveled through poems and songs set to familiar melodies; he reminds us that our world of instant communication, tweets, and 24-hour news cycles is not as distinctive as we may believe. With rich end matter that includes the lyrics of poems and songs as well as a link to a superb recording of some of the songs by cabaret artist Helene Delavault, this interdisciplinary piece is highly recommended for serious students across the humanities as well as readers with an interest in 18th-century French culture and politics. ER -