The People of Paris: An Essay in Popular Culture in the 18th Century
by:
Daniel Roche (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780520060319 (0520060318)
Publish date: 1987-08-01
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages no: 300
Edition language: English
Certainly an informative book, but claiming a “highly readable style” is taking it too far. This is an academic text about the material and social conditions of Parisians in the 18th century. Parts of it (the first chapter or two in particular) consist of wordy academic language that doesn’t say ver...
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