Book/Printed Material The writing public : participatory knowledge production in enlightenment and revolutionary France

Title

• The writing public : participatory knowledge production in enlightenment and revolutionary France

Summary

• "In the letters to the editor published in French newspapers from 1770 to 1791, thousands of writers received and responded to prevailing ideas of their day. This book situates overlooked voices at the center of the Enlightenment, shedding light on the social and material contexts in which knowledge was produced"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

• Bond, Elizabeth Andrews, author

Created / Published

• Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.

Contents

• The production and distribution of the information press -- The writers, self-presentation, and subjectivity -- Reading together, book references and reading practices -- Popular science and public participation -- Agricultural reform and local innovation -- Bienfaisance, fellow-feeling, and the public good -- Communicating the revolution.

Headings

• -  Letters to the editor--France--History--18th century
• -  Mass media and public opinion--France--History--18th century
• -  France--Intellectual life--18th century
• -  France--Social conditions--18th century

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

• DC33.4

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020031942

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2020031942

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• epub

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031942

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