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Early in 1788, Franz Anton Mesmer, a Viennese physician, arrived in Paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general populace. Robert Darnton, in his lively study of mesmerism and its relation to eighteenth-century radical political thought and popular scientific notions, provides a useful contribution to the study of popular culture and the manner in which ideas are diffused down through various social levels.

Enlightenment. --- France --- Intellectual life. --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Mesmer, Franz-Anton --- Enlightenment --- Mesmerism --- Intellectual life --- Alternative medicine --- Subconsciousness --- Animal magnetism --- Hypnotism --- Magnetic healing --- Therapeutics, Suggestive

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840 "17" --- 930.85.48 --- Enlightenment --- -Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Franse literatuur--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: Verlichting; Aufklärung --- France --- -Intellectual life --- -840 "17" --- -Franse literatuur--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- 930.85.48 Cultuurgeschiedenis: Verlichting; Aufklärung --- 840 "17" Franse literatuur--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- -930.85.48 Cultuurgeschiedenis: Verlichting; Aufklärung --- Aufklärung --- -Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Frankrig --- Francja --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Prantsusmaa --- Francia (Republic) --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Fa-kuo --- Faguo --- Франция --- French Republic --- République française --- Peurancih --- Frankryk --- Franse Republiek --- Francland --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- فرنسا --- Faransā --- Franza --- Republica Franzesa --- Gallia (Republic) --- Hyãsia --- Phransiya --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Францыя --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Parancis --- Pransya --- Franis --- Francuska --- Republika Francuska --- Bro-C'hall --- Френска република --- Frenska republika --- França --- República Francesa --- Pransiya --- Republikang Pranses --- Γαλλία --- Gallia --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- فرانسه --- Farānsah --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- פראנקרייך --- 法国 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- フランス --- Furansu --- フランス共和国 --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Francija --- Ranska --- Frankrike --- Intellectual life --- -Enlightenment --- Mouvement des Lumières --- Vie intellectuelle --- 18e siècle

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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.

Political culture --- Communication in politics --- Information networks --- Political poetry, French --- Street music --- Police --- Political activists --- History --- History and criticism. --- Paris (France) --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Culture politique --- Communication politique --- Réseaux d'information --- Activistes --- Histoire --- Administration --- Conditions sociales --- Political poetry, French. --- Street music. --- Communication in politics. --- Information networks. --- Police. --- Political activists. --- Political culture. --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- History and criticism --- 1700-1799. --- France --- Street music and musicians --- Music --- French political poetry --- French poetry --- Culture --- Political science --- Political communication --- Activists, Political --- Political participation --- Cops --- Gendarmes --- Law enforcement officers --- Officers, Law enforcement --- Officers, Police --- Police forces --- Police officers --- Police service --- Policemen --- Policing --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal justice personnel --- Peace officers --- Public safety --- Security systems --- Automated information networks --- Networks, Information --- Information services --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Parijs (France) --- Pařiž (France) --- Parizh (France) --- Parigi (France) --- Bārīs (France) --- Lutetia (France) --- Paryż (France) --- Lutèce (France) --- Párizs (France) --- Parisioi (France) --- Parisi (France) --- Parys (France) --- باريس (France) --- Parij (France) --- Parĩ (France) --- Pa-lí (France) --- Париж (France) --- Горад Парыж (France) --- Horad Paryz︠h︡ (France) --- Парыж (France) --- Paryz︠h︡ (France) --- Парис (France) --- Parighji (France) --- Pariggi (France) --- Pariis (France) --- Παρίσι (France) --- Париж ош (France) --- Parizh osh (France) --- Parizo (France) --- Páras (France) --- Paarys (France) --- Pâ-lì-sṳ (France) --- 파리 (France) --- Palika (France) --- פריז (France) --- Seine (France) --- Persons --- Bali (France) --- 巴黎 (France) --- Paris --- City of Paris --- Political culture - France - Paris - History - 18th century --- Communication in politics - France - Paris - History - 18th century --- Information networks - France - Paris - History - 18th century --- Political poetry, French - History and criticism --- Street music - France - Paris - History and criticism --- Police - France - Paris - History - 18th century --- Political activists - France - Paris - History - 18th century --- Paris (France) - History - 1715-1789 --- Paris (France) - Politics and government - 18th century --- Paris (France) - Social conditions - 18th century

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"The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite for books of all kinds, from the famous Encyclopédie, repository of reason and knowledge, to scandal-mongering libel and pornography. Historian and librarian Robert Darnton uses his exclusive access to a trove of documents-letters and documents from authors, publishers, printers, paper millers, type founders, ink manufacturers, smugglers, wagon drivers, warehousemen, and accountants-involving a publishing house in the Swiss town of Neuchatel to bring this world to life. Like other places on the periphery of France, Switzerland was a hotbed of piracy, carefully monitoring the demand for certain kinds of books and finding ways of fulfilling it. Focusing in particular on the diary of Jean-François Favarger, a traveling sales rep for a Swiss firm whose 1778 voyage, on horseback and on foot, around France to visit bookstores and renew accounts forms the spine of this story, Darnton reveals not only how the industry worked and which titles were in greatest demand, but the human scale of its operations. A Literary Tour de France is literally that. Darnton captures the hustle, picaresque comedy, and occasional risk of Favarger's travels in the service of books, and in the process offers an engaging, immersive, and unforgettable narrative of book culture at a critical moment in France's history"--

Book history --- anno 1700-1799 --- France --- Switzerland --- Book industries and trade --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Books and reading --- Traveling sales personnel --- Publishers and publishing --- History --- Favarger, Jean-François --- Travel --- Société typographique de Neuchâtel --- History. --- Société typographique --- Livres --- Librairies --- Livres et lecture --- Voyageurs de commerce --- Éditeurs --- Industrie et commerce --- Voyages --- Histoire --- Société typographique de Neuchâtel --- Histoire. --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- E-books --- 655.4 <44> --- 655.41 <44> --- 655.42 <44> --- 094 "17" --- 655.4 <44> Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- 655.4 <44> Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- 094 "17" Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- 655.42 <44> Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- 655.42 <44> Bookselling in general. Selling of publications. General, antiquarian and wholesale bookselling--Frankrijk --- Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Bookselling in general. Selling of publications. General, antiquarian and wholesale bookselling--Frankrijk --- 655.41 <44> Publishing in general. Publishing houses. Publishers--Frankrijk --- 655.41 <44> Uitgeverij--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Publishing in general. Publishing houses. Publishers--Frankrijk --- Uitgeverij--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Éditeurs --- Favarger, Jean-François --- Société typographique

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The story of how book piracy in pre-Revolutionary France expanded the reach of the works that would inspire momentous change.

Book industries and trade --- Publishers and publishing --- Literature publishing --- Authors and readers --- French imprints --- Enlightenment --- History --- Government policy --- Publishing --- Société typographique de Neuchâtel --- Book history --- book history --- anno 1700-1799 --- 655.4 <44> --- 655.4 <44> Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- 655.4 <44> Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Authors and publishing --- Book publishing --- Books --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Literary publishing --- Literature --- Imprimerie de la Société typographique (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) --- S.T.N. (Société typographique (Neuchâtel,) --- Société typographique di Neuchâtel --- Société typographique (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) --- STN (Société typographique (Neuchâtel,)