
The Purchase of the Past
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'Creatively conceptualized, deeply researched, and elegantly written, The Purchase of the Past provides an original and convincing account of the crucial role of material culture and private collecting in negotiating the past and constructing historical narratives in nineteenth-century France. Beautifully-wrought case studies of the 'private patrimonies' assembled by individual collectors detail how the practices and meanings of collecting changed in this period.' Leora Auslander, University of Chicago 'Stammers immerses the reader in the fascinating world of the nineteenth-century Parisian collector, with a huge array of sources and a lively prose style. His historical approach usefully emphasizes the links between private collectors and French political and social life, notably their role in the rise of public museums and in the shaping of national memory.' Colin Heywood, Emeritus Professor of Modern French History, University of Nottingham 'This outstanding work emerges from the intuition that the French Revolution, and its aftermath, can provide a historical framework for the analysis of diverse collecting practices as they come to acquire social and political significance, as well as illuminating their aesthetic dimensions. Through vindicating this precious insight, Stammers has produced a model of cultural criticism that will stand the test of time.' Stephen Bann CBE FBA, Emeritus Professor of History of Art, University of Bristol 'A magisterial and highly original study exploring the world of nineteenth-century French collecting from three interlocked vantage points: the political upheavals of the 1790s, the collection of the material culture emerging from that era and the wider development of a historical consciousness that sought to make sense of it. Erudite but written with brio, The Purchase of the Past will durably impact on the way we think about French national and cultural identity.' Colin Jones CBE FBA, Queen Mary University of London 'Focusing on revolutionary Paris through the 19th century, Stammers (Univ. of Durham, UK) contends that art collectors significantly fashioned French and Western modernity ... The author argues that post-1789 dispersals of objects and Jacobin disregard for the past crucially impressed collectors, who often identified order, taste, values, and heritage with old regime material culture ... Highly recommended.' L. A. Rollo, Choice 'The Purchase of the Past thoroughly explores how both private collectors and the general public can be understood to have profited from the disarray generated by the events of the French Revolution, with Stammers doing an excellent job of identifying and interrogating the ways in which the former might have benefited more overall than the latter. Stammers's chapters are simultaneously expansive and meticulously researched, and his book will serve as a productive resource for historians for many years to come.' Caitlin Doley, University of York, The British Journal for the History of Science 'This book, by one of its most dynamic champions, is an indispensable and highly readable volume for anyone interested in French nineteenth-century history and collecting.' Kate Heard, Journal of the History of CollectionsMore details
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