The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History

by Darnton, Robert
ISBN: 9780393307528
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Overview

At home in the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries, Robert Darnton is a shrewd and entertaining guide to the shifting borderlands of history and culture. These wide-ranging essays appear under various headings: "Current Events" --this section includes the wonderful story of the moment in 1792 when all the delegates in the French Legislative Assembly kissed each other; "Media," on television, pounding a newspaper beat, and tips to academics on how to get a book published; "The Printed Word," with an essay on the history of books; "The Lay of the Land," on aspects of intellectual history; and "Good Neighbors," on the relation of history to literature anthropology, and the sociology of knowledge.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Darnton, Robert
  • ISBN: 9780393307528
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.01 x 1.05
  • Number Of Pages: 416
  • Publication Year: 1996