Licensing loyalty : printers, patrons, and the state in early modern France /

"Explores the evolution of the idea that the rise of print culture was a threat to the royal government of eighteenth-century France. Argues that French printers did much to foster this view as they negotiated a place in the expanding bureaucratic apparatus of the state"--Provided by publi...

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Main Author: McLeod, Jane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
Series:Penn State series in the history of the book.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Explores the evolution of the idea that the rise of print culture was a threat to the royal government of eighteenth-century France. Argues that French printers did much to foster this view as they negotiated a place in the expanding bureaucratic apparatus of the state"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages )
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271053639
0271053631