The enlightenment -- Tradition and communication in daily life -- Broadening the horizon: ways and means -- Books and readers -- The press -- Reason and the dissolution of certainties -- Property, the underprivileged and reform -- State, nation and the individual in the late eighteenth century -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-239) and index.
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Classes sociales-- Histoire-- 18e siècle-- Europe.
Culture populaire-- Histoire-- 18e siècle-- Europe.
Enlightenment-- Influence.
Enlightenment-- Social aspects-- Europe.
Popular culture-- Europe-- History-- 18th century.