A History of Private Life, Volume IV, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War

Series edited by Phillippe Ariès

Series edited by Georges Duby

Volume editor Michelle Perrot

Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

    Introduction
    by Michelle Perrot

    1. The Curtain Rises
    by Lynn Hunt, Catherine Hall

    Introduction
    by Michelle Perrot

    The Unstable Boundaries of the French Revolution

    The Sweet Delights of Home

    2. The Actors
    by Michelle Perrot, Anne Martin-Fugier

    Introduction
    by Michelle Perrot

    The Family Triumphant

    Roles and Characters

    Bourgeois Rituals

    3. Scenes and Places
    by Michelle Perrot, Roger-Henri Guerrand

    At Home

    Private Spaces

    4. Backstage
    by Alain Corbin

    Introduction
    by Michelle Perrot

    The Secret of the Individual

    Intimate Relations

    Cries and Whispers

    Conclusion
    by Michelle Perrot

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Credits

    Index

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Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.

Michelle Perrot is Professor of Contemporary History at the Université de Paris VII.

Arthur Goldhammer received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.