Author: Gilchrist, John Thomas ; W J Murray
Title: The Press in the French Revolution; a Selection of Documents Taken from the Press of the Revolution for the Years 1789-1794
Description: New York, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1971. Hardcover. Brown dustjacket with black text on covers wrapped in mylar, tan boards with brown text on spine. xvi, 1-335 pp. Chiefly text. "The newspapers that burst into life in France following the fall of the Bastille enjoyed for three years a freedom that had never previously been known, and which has probably never been known since. This freedom was one of the first principles of the Revolution, and, while it did much to spread its ideals, it also did much to discredit them. The eclipse of this freedom in 1794 is a comment on the role of the press in these three years." - abstract. VG, minor penciling on endpage .

Keywords: History ; French Revolution ; ;


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