The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789 - Hardcover

Blanning, T. C. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198227450 ISBN 13: 9780198227458

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the center to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic.

About this title

About the Author:

T. C. W. Blanning is a Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge..

Review:

"Witty, conversational in tone, the book is also encyclopedic, ranging from Luther to Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, while exploring fascinating tangents on dietary nationalism and British xenophobia....This innovative work is highly recommended for educated readers and scholars alike."--CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0198227450
• ISBN 13: 9780198227458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 498