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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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The Flour War: Gender, Class, and Community in Late Ancien Regime French Society

by Cynthia A. Bouton

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Publisher Comments:

Building upon French historian George Rude's pioneering work, Bouton identifies communities of participants and victims in the Flour War, analyzing them according to class, occupation, gender, and location.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-301) and index.
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ISBN:
9780271010557
Author:
Bouton, Cynthia A.
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Location:
University Park, Pa. :
Subject:
Europe - France
Subject:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
History
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
France
Subject:
Riots
Subject:
Crowds
Subject:
Food prices
Subject:
Wheat trade
Subject:
France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Economic aspects.
Subject:
Wheat trade -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Subject:
France History Revolution, 1789-1799.
Subject:
Crowds -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Series Volume:
9358
Publication Date:
December 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
307
Dimensions:
889x603x101 118
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