Culture of Power and the Power of Culture Old Regime Europe 1660-1789

Name: Culture of Power and the Power of Culture Old Regime Europe 1660-1789
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ISBN: 9780199265619

ISBN-10: 0199265615

ISBN-13: 9780199265619

Edition: 2003

Authors: T. C. W. Blanning

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In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic. It was here that public opinion staked its claim to be the ultimate arbiter of culture and politics. For the established order…

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List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

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Introduction: The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture


Overture


Representational Culture and the Public Sphere


The Nation



Representational Culture



Louis XIV and Versailles



The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy



The Status of the Artist



The Rise of the Public Sphere



Communications



Markets



Revolution



The Rise of the Nation



The British Way



The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index