Overview

"The radical ideas of Voltaire and Rousseau critically influenced the French Revolution, but how did an entire generation learn about such ideas prior to the Revolution? Censer marshals 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 up to the Revolution. He also explores the relationship between journalists and government officials, and unearths a range of sophisticated censorship techniques employed by the government to keep ""Bad News"" off the front pages."

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Author:   Jack Censer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780415097307

ISBN 10:   0415097304
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE PERIODICAL PRESS Part I Content 1 THE POLITICAL PRESS 2 THE AFFICHES 3 THE LITERARY—PHILOSOPHICAL PRESS Part II Milieu 4 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JOURNALISM AND ITS PERSONNEL 5 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE PERIODICAL 6 THE READERSHIP, CONCLUSION

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Censer's book is a felicitous blend of comprehensive reading of secondary sources and his own research. ... Blending perceptive synthesis and original research, The French Press in the Age of the Enlightenment will instruct and challenge readers for many years to come.' ? Harvey Chisick Haifa University

Censer's methodically researched book . . . provides a wealth of information about editors and their readers. <br>- Choice <br> The author offers a beautiful synthesis, profiting from his own research and from numerous works on the press of the Old Regime . . .. <br>-Francois Moureau, Sorbonne <br> A magisterial book. <br>-Jorn Schosler, Lias: Sources and Documents Relating to the Early Modern History of Ideas, 1994--be careful using the quote. It came from a footnote in a journal article. <br>

Censer's book is a felicitous blend of comprehensive reading of secondary sources and his own research. ... Blending perceptive synthesis and original research, The French Press in the Age of the Enlightenment will instruct and challenge readers for many years to come.' Harvey Chisick Haifa University

Author Information

Jack R. Censer is Professor of History at George Mason University. His most recent publications include The French Revolution and Intellectual History (1989), and he is series editor of Rewriting Histories.

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