Title The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe / James Van Horn Melton.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages).
Series	New approaches to European history ; 22
	New approaches to European history ; 22.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: What is the public sphere? -- part 1. Politics and the rise of "public opinion": the cases of England and France: The peculiarities of the English -- Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century -- part 2. Readers, writers, and spectators: Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere -- Writing publics: eighteenth-century authorship -- From courts to consumers: theater publics -- part 3. Being sociable: Women in public: Enlightenment salons -- Drinking in public: taverns and coffeehouses -- Freemasonry: toward civil society.
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Summary	In the New Approaches to European History series, this title provides an inter-disciplinary study of the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. James Melton's lucid and accessible account will be of interest to students of social and political history, literary studies, political theory, and the history of women.
Subject	Enlightenment -- Europe.
	Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
	Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
	Civil society -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
	Printing -- Social aspects -- Europe -- 18th century.
	Europe -- History -- 18th century.
	Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century.
	Europe -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
	Europe -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
	HISTORY.
	Civil society. (OCoLC)fst00862876
	Enlightenment. (OCoLC)fst00912527
	Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Printing -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01076663
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
	Openbaar leven.
	Publieke opinie.
	Intellectuele vorming.
	Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
	Öffentlichkeit.
	Europa.
Chronological Term	1700 - 1799
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Melton, James Van Horn, 1952- Rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521465737 0521469694 (DLC) 2001025456 (OCoLC)46364760
ISBN	0511019076 (electronic bk.)
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	0511116152 (electronic bk.)
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