Robert Darnton
Books by Robert Darnton
The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
by Robert Darnton
He takes a source which is quite tricky and clearly not true and looks at what cultural world it tells us about, how it reflects peasant society.
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France
by Robert Darnton
Darnton discovered the archive of a publishing firm that smuggled books into France before the revolution
Interviews where books by Robert Darnton were recommended
Reading the Romantics, recommended by William St Clair
Who read Byron in his time? How much did a copy of Wordsworth cost? The scholar guides us through the astonishing history of reading in the Romantic period of English literature
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The Return of Martin Guerre
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The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
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Poverty and Piety in an English Village: Terling, 1525-1700
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The History of Myddle
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Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world
by Timothy Brook
The best books on Microhistory, recommended by Jonathan Healey
The best books on Microhistory, recommended by Jonathan Healey
The historian defines and discusses micro-history, choosing five books that use historical minutiae to answer big questions about the past.
