Public Drinking and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century Paris /

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Adding a new dimension to the history of mentalites and the study of popular culture, Thomas Brennan reinterprets the culture of the laboring classes in old-regime Paris through the rituals of public drinking in neighborhood taverns. He challenges the conventional depiction of lower-class debauchery...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brennan, Thomas Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Taverns (Inns)
Social conditions.
Popular culture.
Hotels.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Drinking customs.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Auberges > France > Paris > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Hôtels > France > Paris > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Travailleurs > France > Paris > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Boissons > Fonctions sociales > France > Paris > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Consommation d'alcool > France > Paris > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Popular culture > Paris (France)
Taverns (Inns) > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Hotels > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Working class > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Drinking customs > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
France > Paris.
Paris (France) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Honor and Public Violence
  • Chapter Two. The Purveyance of Drink
  • Chapter Three. Customers and Their Leisure
  • Chapter Four. Drinking and Drunkenness
  • Chapter Five. The Ties of Sociability
  • Chapter Six. The Police of Public Places
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter.

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