Public Drinking And Popular Culture In Eighteenth Century Paris

Author : Thomas Edward Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400859184

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Public Drinking and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century Paris by Thomas Edward Brennan Pdf

Adding a new dimension to the history of mentalites and the study of popular culture, Thomas Brennan reinterprets the culture of the laboring classes in old-regime Paris through the rituals of public drinking in neighborhood taverns. He challenges the conventional depiction of lower-class debauchery and offers a reassessment of popular sociability. Using the records of the Parisian police, he lets the common people describe their own behavior and beliefs. Their testimony places the tavern at the center of working men's social existence. Central to the study is the clash of elite and popular culture as it was articulated in the different attitudes to taverns. The elites saw in taverns the indiscipline and exuberance that they condemned in popular culture. Popular testimony presented public drinking in very different terms. The elaborate rituals surrounding public drinking, its prevalence in popular sociability and recreation, all point to the importance of drink as a medium of social exchange rather than a drugged escape from misery, and to the tavern as a focal point for men's communities. Professor Brennan has elucidated the logic of both elite and popular systems of meaning and found new dignity and coherence in the culture and values of the populace. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Thomas E. Brennan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 060804654X

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Public Drinking and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century Paris by Thomas E. Brennan Pdf

Author : Daniel Roche
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1987-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0520060318

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The People of Paris by Daniel Roche Pdf

In his collective portrait of the common people, Roche offers a rich and fascinating description of their lives—their housing, food, dress, financial dealings, literature, domestic life, and leisure time. Roche’s highly readable style and use of contemporary quotations enliven the reader’s view of eighteenth-century Paris and Parisians.

Author : Michael R. Lynn
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0719073731

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Popular Science and Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century France by Michael R. Lynn Pdf

In this book, Michael R. Lynn analyzes the popularization of science in Enlightenment France. He examines the content of popular science, the methods of dissemination, the status of the popularizers and the audience, and the settings for dissemination and appropriation. Lynn introduces individuals like Jean-Antoine Nollet, who made a career out of applying electric shocks to people, and Perrin, who used his talented dog to lure customers to his physics show. He also examines scientifically oriented clubs like Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier's Musée de Monsieur which provided locations for people interested in science.

Author : Mack P. Holt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781847880956

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Alcohol by Mack P. Holt Pdf

Why are we so ambivalent about alcohol? Are we torn between our love of a drink and the need to restrict, or even prohibit, alcohol? How did saloon culture arise in the United States? Why did wine become such a ubiquitous part of French culture? Alcohol: A Social and Cultural History examines these questions and many more as it considers how drink has evolved in its functions and uses from the late Middle Ages to the present day in the West. Alcohol has long played an important role in societies throughout history, and understanding its consumption can reveal a great deal about a culture. This book discusses a range of issues, including domestic versus recreational use, the history of alcoholism, and the relationship between alcohol and violence, religion, sexuality, and medicine. It looks at how certain forms of alcohol speak about class, gender and place.Drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia, this book provides an overview of the many roles alcohol has played over the past five centuries.

Author : Jeffrey S. Ravel
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501724626

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The Contested Parterre by Jeffrey S. Ravel Pdf

In the playhouses of eighteenth-century France, clerks and students, soldiers and merchants, and the occasional aristocrat stood in the pit, while the majority of the elite sat in loges. These denizens of the parterre, who accounted for up to two-thirds of the audience, were given to disruptive behavior that culminated in full-scale riots in the last years before the Revolution. Offering a commoner's eye view of the drama offstage, this fascinating history of French theater audiences clearly demonstrates how problems in the parterre reflected tensions at the heart of the Old Regime.Jeffrey S. Ravel vividly depicts the scene in the parterre where the male spectators occupied themselves shoving one another, drinking, urinating, and confronting the actors with critiques of the performance. He traces the futile efforts of the Bourbon Court—and later its Enlightened opponents—to control parterre behavior by both persuasion and force. Ravel describes how the parterre came to represent a larger, more politicized notion of the public, one that exposed the inability of the government to accommodate the demands of French citizens. An important contribution to debates on the public sphere, Ravel's book is the first to explore the role of the parterre in the political culture of eighteenth-century France.

Author : Markman Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1840 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351568722

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Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture by Markman Ellis Pdf

Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature, science, and medicine.

Author : Peter H. Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118730027

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A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe by Peter H. Wilson Pdf

This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout eighteenth-century Europe Focuses on Europe while placing it within its international context Considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe

Author : Richard McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134007356

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Crime, Law and Popular Culture in Europe, 1500-1900 by Richard McMahon Pdf

Exploring the relationship between crime, law and popular culture in Europe from the 16th century onwards, this title looks at how crime was understood and dealt with by ordinary people, as well as looking at to what degree official law and the criminal justice system was rejected as a means of dealing with criminal activity.

Author : Harvey Chisick
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810865488

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Historical Dictionary of the Enlightenment by Harvey Chisick Pdf

The Enlightenment Movement changed society forever, driving it forward through new and fresh ways of thinking about science, religion, history, politics, and culture. This dictionary offers a balanced overview and helps us to understand and appreciate the Enlightenment through its coverage of the basic assumptions and values that structured the movement; explanation of how these ideas were articulated; the paths of communication they followed; how its key ideas grew, developed and were refracted; and how new problems grew out of what were advanced as solutions to older problems. An engaging introductory essay along with hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries defines the significant persons, places, events, institutions, and literary works of the movement. A chronological table charts the progression of the movement by indicating the date, the main figures involved, the political or society events, and the science, arts, or letters that resulted. The comprehensive bibliography, with an introductory essay to the literature, categorized by subject complements this reference that will be valued by all seeking basic details about this important period.

Author : Markman Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1840 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351568630

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Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture by Markman Ellis Pdf

Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature, science, and medicine.

Author : Robert A. Schneider
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400821419

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The Ceremonial City by Robert A. Schneider Pdf

From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this provincial city in all its splendor and misery, Robert Schneider explores how Toulouse's civic and community life was represented in the stagings of various ceremonies. His inquiry is based on the unpublished diaries of Pierre Barthès, a Latin tutor who was both a devout Catholic and a monarchist, and who recorded forty years of public activity in ways that reflected the mounting social tensions of his times. By analyzing Barthès's accounts, Schneider demonstrates how the variety of ceremonial forms embodied different ritual dynamics and represented contrasting values. The author focuses most intently on the differences between the solemn religious procession, which was highly participatory and represented local concerns, and the more celebratory festival, which vaunted the monarchy and turned the people into passive spectators. He examines the theatrical nature of often hastily orchestrated religious parades winding through neighborhood streets, then considers the monarchy's use of plazas for staged entertainment, particularly for awe-inspiring displays of fireworks. Schneider argues that the festival proved a successful tool in imposing the symbols of the centralized state on Toulouse's public life, but that both the procession and the festival incorporated powerful ceremonial forms that proved politically useful for the Revolution.

Author : James Van Horn Melton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521469694

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The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe by James Van Horn Melton Pdf

James Melton examines the rise of the public in 18th-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this a reassessment of what Habermas termed the bourgeois public sphere.

Author : Sharon V. Salinger
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-04
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0801878993

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Taverns and Drinking in Early America by Sharon V. Salinger Pdf

American colonists knew just two types of public building: churches and taverns. At a time when drinking water was considered dangerous, everyone drank often and in quantity. The author explores the role of drinking and tavern sociability.

Author : Christine Adams,Lisa Jane Graham,Jack R. Censer
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 027102609X

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Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-Century France by Christine Adams,Lisa Jane Graham,Jack R. Censer Pdf

This volume brings together eight essays (all but one previously unpublished) that offer innovative strategies for studying society and culture in eighteenth-century France. Divided into three sections, the chapters map out current research paths in social, cultural, and political history. The authors engage the most heated subjects of debate in the field today, including the changing nature of political life in the age of Enlightenment, the role of public opinion in undermining absolutism, and the impact of gender on social relationships and political language in the late eighteenth century. They demonstrate a marked interest in the lives of ordinary and humble French people, finding that exclusion from the main corridors of power fostered cunning and resourcefulness, not political indifference or ignorance. The articles encompass the Old Regime and the revolutionary era without falling into the teleological trap of using the former as the backdrop for the events of 1789. On the contrary, many of the authors consciously avoid this bias by investigating the Old Regime in its own right or by consciously linking the pre- and postrevolutionary eras. This decision alone marks an important turning of the tide. By establishing a dialogue between the Old Regime and the revolution, this volume implicitly pays homage to those historians who insist on the structural continuities that underlay the rupture of 1789. Contributors are Cissie Fairchilds, Christine Adams, Orest Ranum, Lisa Jane Graham, Harvey Chisick, John Garrigus, Lenard Berlanstein, and Jack Censer.