Popkin revives interest in a fascinating period that has been relatively neglected in recent years.”
—Paul Spagnoli History: Reviews of New Books
“This readable, stimulating, and richly textured book charts new courses for the study of the nineteenth-century French press and will have considerable resonance in the fields of gender, social, and revolutionary history. It is arguably Popkin’s most important achievement to date, and undoubtedly his most controversial.”
—Simon Burrows American Historical Review
“Popkin’s is a powerful argument for the study of the press to ve moved to the very center of cultural history. Furthermore, it offers a model for future work in the field, particularly in its treatment of a wide range of important issues related to the press, such as the reading practices already mentioned and the way in which journalistic accounts were transcribed in the ‘higher’ discourses of imaginative literature and history. This fascinating book should therefore be required reading for students of the period.”
—Paul Rowe MLR
“Popkin’s thorough, insightful, and admirable study makes a strong case for ‘press history,’ underlines the growing importance of the press in France during the period in question, and adds to our understanding of the significance of the Revolution of 1830.”
—John Merriman Canadian Journal of History
“It is an impressive demonstration of how the insights and methods of the new cultural history can enrich the history of the press.”
—Journal of Modern History