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- catalog abstract ""In this 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 centre 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. It was here that public opinion staked its claim to be the ultimate arbiter of culture and politics. For the established order this new force was to prove both a challenge and an opportunity and the author's comparative study of power and culture shows how regimes sought to keep their balance as the ground moved beneath their feet. In the process he explains, among other things, why Britain won the 'Second Hundred Years War' against France, how Prussia rose to become the dominant power in German-speaking Europe, and why the French monarchy collapsed."--Cover.".
- catalog contributor b12414157.
- catalog coverage "Europe Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Social life and customs 18th century.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""In this 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 centre 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. It was here that public opinion staked its claim to be the ultimate arbiter of culture and politics.".
- catalog description "For the established order this new force was to prove both a challenge and an opportunity and the author's comparative study of power and culture shows how regimes sought to keep their balance as the ground moved beneath their feet. In the process he explains, among other things, why Britain won the 'Second Hundred Years War' against France, how Prussia rose to become the dominant power in German-speaking Europe, and why the French monarchy collapsed."--Cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture -- pt. I. Representational Culture. 1. Louis XIV and Versailles. 2. The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. 3. The status of the artist -- pt. II. The Rise of the Public Sphere. 4. Communications. 5. Markets -- pt. III. Revolution. 6. The rise of the nation. 7. The British way. 8. The cultural origins of the French Revolution. 9. Conclusion: The power of culture.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 479 p., 21 p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0198227450".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Social life and customs 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "Books and reading Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "CB411 .B58 2002".
- catalog subject "Culture diffusion Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Europe 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Europe.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture -- pt. I. Representational Culture. 1. Louis XIV and Versailles. 2. The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. 3. The status of the artist -- pt. II. The Rise of the Public Sphere. 4. Communications. 5. Markets -- pt. III. Revolution. 6. The rise of the nation. 7. The British way. 8. The cultural origins of the French Revolution. 9. Conclusion: The power of culture.".
- catalog title "The culture of power and the power of culture : old regime Europe, 1660-1789 / T.C.W. Blanning.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".