{"product_id":"9781441126016","title":"French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe II Enlightenment Bestsellers","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFrench Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe II\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEnlightenment Bestsellers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSimon Burrows\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 18th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a rich and path-breaking comparative study of reading tastes in the final years of old regime Europe. Based on extensive research in the account books of the Swiss publishers, the \u003ci\u003eSociété Typographique de Neuchâte\u003c\/i\u003el (STN), and related archives, it charts the dissemination of literature and reading tastes across Europe in the years leading up to the French revolution. In the process, it recasts our understanding of late 18th-century print culture and the contours of the enlightenment. The fruit of a widely acclaimed five year database project, the STN database, it is also a story of pioneering efforts to apply the latest digital technology and GIS mapping techniques to traditional historical and bibliographic problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough written to serve as a standalone study, this book is ideally complemented by its companion volume, Mark Curran's \u003ci\u003eThe French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe I: Selling Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, which offers a radical reinterpretation of the structure and practices of the European book trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe STN database is now recognised as a cutting-edge digital project of global significance. Robert Darnton has called it \"a prodigious accomplishment and a joy to use\" while Jeremy Popkin adds, \"No one working in the field of French Enlightenment studies … can afford to ignore the rich mine of data that Simon Burrows and his collaborators have made accessible, in an eminently usable form, and the new possibilities it opens up for scholars.\" \u003ci\u003eThe French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe\u003c\/i\u003e I and II offer a roadmap of that data and what it can show us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSimon Burrows\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia. His many publications include \u003ci\u003eA King's Ransom \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), and \u003ci\u003eThe Chevalier d'Eon and His Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Jonathan Conlin, Russell Goulbourne and Valerie Mainz (2010).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 August 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441126016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331518955660,"sku":"9781441126016","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7e7fbc72-c13f-41f5-bce5-f8007db058f3.jpg?v=1783597185","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441126016","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}