num_pages: 368
description: From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.
language: English
title: Private Lives and Public Affairs (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)
titlecomplete: Private Lives and Public Affairs (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) (Volume 18)
genres: History, Modern, France, Grad School, French Revolution
ratings_count: 36
series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: David H. Pinkney Prize
publisher: University of California Press