The making of revolutionary Paris
By: David Garrioch.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Paris (France) -- History -- 1715-1789; Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Description: "The sights, sounds, and smells of life in eighteenth-century Paris are evoked in the pages of this comprehensive chronicles of a perpetually alluring city during one hundred years of sweeping social and cultural change.

An excellent general history as well as an innovative synthesis of new research, The Making of Revolutionary Paris offers vivid portraits of individual lives, accounts of social trends, and analyses of significant events, exploring the evolution of Parisian society during the eighteenth century and revealing the city's pivotal role in shaping the French Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (367-372) and index.
Table of contents: title: The social order of customary Paris; title: City government and popular discontent; title: Making a new Rome.