The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment

by Jack Censer and Jack R. Censer

Book Overview

First Published in 2004. The ideas of the Enlightenment and belligerent royal officials critically influenced the French Revolution, but how did an entire generation learn about such ideas prior to the Revolution? Jack R. Censer's achievement in this volume is to marshal a vast literature in order to provide a coherent and original interpretation of the role of the French Press in the dissemination of social and political ideas in the years leading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415097304
• ISBN13: 9780415097307
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"