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The Purchase of the Past: Collecting Culture in Post-Revolutionary Paris c.1790–1890 Stammers, Tom (University of Durham)
The Purchase of the Past: Collecting Culture in Post-Revolutionary Paris c.1790–1890
Stammers, Tom (University of Durham)
Surveying the collecting culture from the French Revolution to the Belle Époque, this study explores how material things became a central means by which the past was accessed and imagined in nineteenth-century Paris, revealing how the Revolution triggered the rise of a new market for antiques and new struggles over the custody of France's heritage.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 18, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108748636 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 374 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 23 mm · 534 g |
| Language | English |
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