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The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History (Revised edition)

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The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History - Darnton, Robert
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At home in the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries, Robert Darnton is a shrewd and entertaining guide to the shifting borderlands of history and culture. These wide-ranging essays appear under various headings: "Current Events" -this section includes the wonderful story of the moment in 1792 when all the delegates in the French Legislative Assembly kissed each other; "Media," on television, pounding a newspaper beat, and tips to academics on how to get a book published; "The Printed Word," with an essay on the history of ...

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The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History 1996, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393307528

Revised edition

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