A literary tour de France : the world of books on the eve of the French Revolution /

"The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite...

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Main Author: Darnton, Robert (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018
New York, NY : [2018]
New York, NY, United States of America : [2018]
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505 0 |a Introduction: the world of books -- Neuchâtel: our man on Mission -- Pontarlier: smuggling the border crossings -- Lons-le-Saunier: sizing up shops -- Bourg-en-Bresse: selling books, collecting bills -- Lyon: entrepreneurs and buccaneers -- Lyon: domestic contraband -- Avignon: the trade in trading -- Nîmes, Montpellier, Marseille: the struggle for survival in the South -- Toulouse, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Poitiers: hard scrabble in the Southwest -- Loudun: peddling and the capillary system -- Blois, Orléans, Dijon: upmarket and downmarket in France's heartland -- Besançon: book country at its best -- Neuchâtel: an overview of the demand for literature -- Conclusion: lived literature 
505 0 |a Introduction: the world of books -- Neuchâtel: our man on Mission -- Pontarlier: smuggling the border crossings -- Lons-le-Saunier: sizing up shops -- Bourg-en-Bresse: selling books, collecting bills -- Lyon: entrepreneurs and buccaneers -- Lyon: domestic contraband -- Avignon: the trade in trading -- Nîmes, Montpellier, Marseille: the struggle for survival in the South -- Toulouse, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Poitiers: hard scrabble in the Southwest -- Loudun: peddling and the capillary system -- Blois, Orléans, Dijon: upmarket and downmarket in France's heartland -- Besançon: book country at its best -- Neuchâtel: an overview of the demand for literature -- Conclusion: lived literature 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Before Balzac -- 1. Our man on Mission -- 2. The View from the Home Office -- 3. Smuggling: Pontarlier -- 4. Sizing up Shops: Lons-le-Saunier -- 5. Selling Books, Collecting Bills: Bourg-en-Bresse -- 6. Entrepreneurs and Buccaneers: Lyon -- 7. Domestic Contraband: Lyon -- 8. The Trade in Trading: Avignon -- 9. The Struggle for Survival in the South: Nîmes, Montpellier, Marseille -- 10. Hard Scrabble in the Southwest: Pézénas to Poitiers -- 11. Peddling and the Capillary System: Loudun -- 12. Upmarket and Downmarket in France's Homeland: Saumur to Dijon -- 13. An Ultimate Example: Besançon -- 14. The End of the Line: An Overview of the Demand for Literature -- 15. Lived Literature -- Acknowledgments 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Before Balzac -- 1. Our man on Mission -- 2. The View from the Home Office -- 3. Smuggling: Pontarlier -- 4. Sizing up Shops: Lons-le-Saunier -- 5. Selling Books, Collecting Bills: Bourg-en-Bresse -- 6. Entrepreneurs and Buccaneers: Lyon -- 7. Domestic Contraband: Lyon -- 8. The Trade in Trading: Avignon -- 9. The Struggle for Survival in the South: Nîmes, Montpellier, Marseille -- 10. Hard Scrabble in the Southwest: Pézénas to Poitiers -- 11. Peddling and the Capillary System: Loudun -- 12. Upmarket and Downmarket in France's Homeland: Saumur to Dijon -- 13. An Ultimate Example: Besançon -- 14. The End of the Line: An Overview of the Demand for Literature -- 15. Lived Literature -- Acknowledgments 
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