{"product_id":"the-notables-and-the-nation-9780674025349","title":"The Notables and the Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ending of absolute monarchy and the start of political combat between nobles and commoners make 17871788 the first stage of the French Revolution. In a detailed look at this critical transition, Gruder explores how the French people became engaged in an opposition movement that culminated in demands for the public's role in government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis excellent work retraces the pre-revolutionary political events of 1787-1788. Particularly interesting is Gruder's convincing evidence--in the form of newspapers, pamphlets, and \u003ci\u003enouvelles à la main\u003c\/i\u003e--showing that the debates of the notables, and after them the Paris \u003ci\u003eParlementaires\u003c\/i\u003e, were widely discussed by an involved and informed French reading public. Combining a lively awareness of recent scholarship on the formation of public opinion and the nature of the reading public with a well-written, accessible text, \u003ci\u003eThe Notables and the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e offers much to be admired. -- Patrice Higonnet, author of \u003ci\u003eParis: Capital of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a detailed examination of this critical transition, Gruder examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government. * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Map   Introduction    Part I: The Assembly of Notables: February-May 1787, November-December 1788   1. Paths to Political Consciousness: The Notables in the First Assembly, February-May 1787   2. Privilege, Property, and Participation: A Mutation in Elite Political Culture   3. The Society of Orders at Its Demise: The Vision of the Elite at the End of the Ancien Regime    Part II: The Media and the Public: Networks of Information, Opinion, Instruction   4. Political News as Coded Messages: The Parisian and Provincial Press, 1787-1788   5. The French Foreign-Language Press: Gazettes   6. The French Foreign-Language Press: Journals of Opinion   7. Manuscript Newsletters--Nouvelles a la Main   8. Pamphlets: A Network of Political Education and Polemics   9. Readers and Reading Sites: The Public and the Network of the Printed and Written Media   10. The Verbal, the Visual and the Festive    Part III: At the \"Grass Roots\"   11. Popular Pamphlets: Political Messages to the Public   12. Can We Hear the Voices of Peasants?   13. The \"Grass Roots\": Community Assemblies Deliberating    Conclusion   Appendix I: Chronology   Appendix II: Contemporary Accounts of Fetes   Bibliographical Abbreviations   Notes","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403530903895,"sku":"9780674025349","price":99.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674025349.jpg?v=1730483744","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-notables-and-the-nation-9780674025349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}