Rebel Cities
Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
$87.32
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2017
Summary
London, Paris and New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political authority, commerce and money, art and intellectual life intersected. They straddled an Atlantic world where ships powered by nothing more than wind, currents and human muscle criss-crossed the sea, carrying with them goods, ideas and above all people: men and women, bewigged aristocrats and lawyers, rough-handed craftworkers, quill-wielding bluestockings and doughty fishwives. But the cities were also…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408702918 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408702916 |
| Author: | X. Mike Rapport |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 765g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 164mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
A refreshingly vibrant narrative. At times, [Rapport’s] political study could almost double as a travelogue
A refreshingly vibrant narrative. At times, [Rapport’s] political study could almost double as a travelogue * New York Times *
Captivating … gripping … The book is a pleasure to read and a welcome addition to the literature on the revolutionary era across the Atlantic * American Historical Review *
Lucid, engaging, and evocatively written * The Nation *
Rapport traces revolution, and counterrevolution, throughout the cities, taking the reader from location to location, and even down individual streets, providing the reader with an on-the-ground experience * Gotham Centre for New York History *
‘Mike Rapport describes how urbans geography shaped mass politics and how cities again became the great stages of politics…a skilful addition to ‘Atlantic history’ – Dominic Green * Literary Review *
X. Mike Rapport
Mike Rapport is a Reader in modern European history at the University of Glasgow and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of several books, including 1848: Year of Revolution. He lives in Stirling, Scotland.
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