Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter I. Introduction.- Chapter II. 'Prenez garde Citoyens ': Policing Popular Rumour.-Chapter III. 'Un bruit de frayeur se r pand': Informal Communication Networks and the Creation of Rumour.- Chapter IV. Rumour, Riots, Feasts and Famines.- Chapter V. Rumour and Community: Solidarity and Conflict in the Sans-Culotte Neighbourhoods of Year II.- Chapter VI. Rumour, Reputation and Identity.- Chapter VII. Rumour, Denunciation and Terror.-Chapter VIII. Conclusion.- Archival Sources.- Index