Rules of Rebellion
Child Abductions in Paris in 1750
Polity Press
Published on 21. February 1991
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7456-0731-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the spring of 1750 a fearful rumour spread around Paris: it was said that the police were abducting children in broad daylight, never to be seen again. This book is the story of that rumour and of the popular uprisings which followed in its wake. Through a close examination of archive material, the authors have reconstructed and event in pre-Revolutionary France which, though extraordinary, revealed general structures and trends in the society of the ancien regime. This book shows how, from the disorder of street rallies and the violence and chaos of the crowd, a new authority gradually emerged, one which was nourished by rumour and which foreshadowed the Revolution of 1789.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0731-3 (9780745607313)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Landscape of revolt; order in the city; the rules of rebellion; truth and rumour; the unloved.