Fragile Lives

Violence, Power and Solidarity in Eighteenth-century Paris

• Author(s): Arlette Farge,
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pages: 314
• ISBN_10: 0674316371
  ISBN_13: 9780674316379
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / France , History / Modern / 18th Century , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Violence in Society ,

Description:... The rich and complex texture of working-class neighborhoods in eighteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in this collage of the experiences of ordinary people--men and women, rich and poor, masters and servants, neighbors and colleagues. Exploring three arenas of conflict and solidarity--the home, the workplace, and the street--Arlette Farge offers the reader an intimate social history, bringing long-dead citizens and vanished social groups back to life with sensitivity and perception.