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The great cat massacre

and other episodes in French cultural history

by Robert Darnton

CivilizationFolkloreFrench National characteristicsFrance, intellectual lifeFrance, civilization, historyFrance, social life and customsNational characteristics, frenchVolkscultuur

In this 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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Book data: Open Library