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When Lyon’s population experienced significant growth in the eighteenth century, architect Jean-Antoine Morand made a radical proposal: France’s second city would expand across the river Rhone, making him rich in the process. Intense work and bitter rivalries resulted, although they bore fruit only long after Morand had died on the guillotine in 1794. In “Ambitions Tamed”, Pierre Reynard profiles Morand’s career to provide a case-study of the possibilities of urban … More >>

Ambitions Tamed: Urban Expansion in Pre-revolutionary Lyon

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Robert Darnton’s work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past. His latest book vibrates with the strange political and literary energies of ancien régime France. The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France traces the merging of philosophical, sexual, and anti-monarchical interests into the pulp fiction of the 1780s, banned books that make fascinating rea… More >>

The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France