The Vanishing Children of Paris: Rumor and Politics Before the French Revolution

by Jacques Revel and Arlette Farge

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In the spring of 1750 a two-day series of riots erupted in Paris when the populace discovered that police were sweeping children off the streets in an overzealous attempt to control vagrancy. Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel use this bizarre incident and its colorful cast of actors to view broader issues such as the power of rumor, mob psychology, the exercise of authority, and the maintenance of peace in Paris under the ancien r gime.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674931947

ISBN13:9780674931947

Release Date:October 1993

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:144 Pages

Weight:0.44 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.1" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Children's Studies Europe France History Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Revolutionary Social Science Social Sciences

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