Public drinking and popular culture in eighteenth-century Paris / Thomas Brennan.

Public drinking and popular culture in eighteenth-century Paris /

Adding a new dimension to the history of mentalites and the study of popular culture, Thomas Brennan reinterprets the culture of the laboring classes in old-regime Paris through the rituals of public drinking in neighborhood taverns. He challenges the conventional depiction of lower-class debauchery...

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Main Author: Brennan, Thomas Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Drinking customs > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Working class > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Hotels > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Taverns (Inns) > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Popular culture > France > Paris.
Paris (France) > Social conditions.
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