George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century - Hardcover

Darnton, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393057607 ISBN 13: 9780393057607

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2003

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Arising out of a project intended to examine Thomas Jefferson's excursions in Paris, this text explores "out-of-the-way corners" of the 18th century focusing on the interrelated themes of "French-American connections, life in the Republic of Letters, modes of communication, and ways of thought peculiar to the French Enlightenment." Darnton (European history, Princeton U.) obliquely refers in his title to the almost ubiquitous prevalence of toothaches at the time, reflecting his belief that by focusing on the ways the period differed from ours, we can come to a greater understanding of its actualities. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Robert Darnton is the author of many award-winning works in French cultural history, and taught for years at Princeton and Harvard. He is a chevalier in the Légion d’Honneur, and winner of the National Humanities Medal.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393057607
• ISBN 13: 9780393057607
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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