| The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe Contributor(s): Melton, James Van Horn (Author), James Van Horn, Melton (Author), Blanning, T. C. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521469694 ISBN-13: 9780521469692 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $43.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: James Melton's accessible study examines the rise of "the public" in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on England, France, and the German-speaking territories, this is the first critical reassessment of what the philosopher JUrgen Habermas called the "bourgeois public sphere" of the eighteenth century. Topics include the growing importance of public opinion in political life, transformations of the literary public realm, eighteenth-century authorship, theater publics, and new practices of sociability as they developed in salons, coffeehouses, taverns and Masonic lodges. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 940.28 |
| LCCN: 2001025456 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: New Approaches to European History |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.02" W x 8.96" (1.08 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Melton's accessible study examines the rise of the public in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on England, France, and the German-speaking territories, this is the first critical reassessment of what the philosopher JÜrgen Habermas called the bourgeois public sphere of the eighteenth century. Topics include the growing importance of public opinion in political life, transformations of the literary public realm, eighteenth-century authorship, theater publics, and new practices of sociability as they developed in salons, coffeehouses, taverns and Masonic lodges. |