An edition of The enlightenment
(2000)
The enlightenment
a comparative social history 1721-1794
by Thomas Munck
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Enlightenment, Social conditions, Europe, social conditions, Enlightenment--influence, Enlightenment--social aspects, Enlightenment--social aspects--europe, Social classes--history, Social classes--europe--history--18th century, Popular culture--history, Popular culture--europe--history--18th century, Social change--history, Intellectual life, B802 .m86 2000, 940.25, Influence, Social aspects, Social classes, History, Popular culturePlaces
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The enlightenment: a comparative social history 1721-1794
2000, Arnold, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Preface vii
1 The enlightenment 1
Enlightenment in national context 3
Enlightenment and counter-enlightenment 7
Nature, man and science 11
The 'public sphere' and its limits 14
Enlightenment and political power 18
2 Tradition and communication in daily life 21
Popular and elite culture 22
Rural interaction and peasant action 26
Religious observance and beliefs 29
Processions, festivals and the use of open space 37
Street life, public entertainment and the theatre 40
3 Broadening the horizon: ways and means 46
Literacy 46
Education 52
Prints, pictures and the eye of the beholder 60
Venues of contact, conversation and debate 65
Political radicalism in the 1790s 72
4 Books and readers 76
Book production and distribution 77
Copyright and profits 80
Censorship before the reforms 84
Changing demand for books 89
Libraries and book clubs 98
The impact of the book: two case studies 99
Pamphlets and politics 103
5 The press 106
The Tatler and the Spectator 109
The growth of press output and readership 111
The French-language press before the Revolution 117
The press, enlightenment and change 122
Revolutionary media 128
6 Reason and the dissolution of certainties 132
State legislation on toleration 133
The churches under scrutiny 139
Censorship reform and state hesitations 142
The judiciary and the law 146
Crime and punishment 150
Treatment of the sick 156
7 Property, the underprivileged and reform 163
Taxation 164
Political economy, cameralism and the physiocrats 168
Rural reform 172
Poverty 181
Slavery and enlightenment 186
8 State, nation and individual in the late eighteenth century 193
Social structure, 'the people' and public consensus 194
Nation, homeland and patriotic identity 199
Political rights and representation in revolutionary France 203
Representing the other half: women and public life 211
The revolution of popular politics 214
9 Conclusion 220
Select bibliography 224
Index 240.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-239) and index.
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