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The Roof People

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My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »

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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History (Basic Books Classics)

ISBN13: 9780465015566
ISBN10: 0465015565
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In this dazzling series of essays, Robert Darnton exhumes the strange and wonderful world views of the ordinary and extraordinary people inhabiting the cities, towns, and countryside of France in what we like to call "The Age of Enlightenment".

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Darnton is Professor of History at Princeton University and a MacArthur Prize Fellow.

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ISBN:: 9780465015566
Author:: Darnton, Robert
Publisher:: Basic Books
Subject:: Europe - France
Subject:: United states
Subject:: Civilization
Subject:: France
Subject:: Folklore
Subject:: Race relations
Subject:: General History
Series:: Basic Books Classics
Publication Date:: 20000217
Binding:: TP
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 320
Dimensions:: 7.94x5.20x.77 in. .80 lbs.

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History and Social Science » Europe » France » General

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