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The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe
James Van Horn Melton
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Paperback. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484. Series: New Approaches to European History. 300 pages. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight: 484.
James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this was the first book-length, critical reassessment of what Habermas termed the 'bourgeois public sphere'. During the Enlightenment the Public assumed a new significance as governments came to recognise the power of public opinion in political life; the expansion of print culture created new reading publics and transformed how and what people read; authors and authorship acquired new status, while the growth of commercialized theatres transferred monopoly over the stage from ... Read more
James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this was the first book-length, critical reassessment of what Habermas termed the 'bourgeois public sphere'. During the Enlightenment the Public assumed a new significance as governments came to recognise the power of public opinion in political life; the expansion of print culture created new reading publics and transformed how and what people read; authors and authorship acquired new status, while the growth of commercialized theatres transferred monopoly over the stage from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
New Approaches to European History
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521469692
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V9780521469692
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Reviews for The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe
'Melton's useful new book traces the explosion of public institutions in eighteenth-century England, France and the Germanies … a rousing and touchingly old-fashioned defence of formal representative institutions.' JES ' … among the most readable books on Europe's ancien régime to have been published in recent times. Melton is notably thoughtful and deeply considered.' The International History Review 'The Rise ... Read more