{"product_id":"stuff-and-money-in-the-time-of-the-french-revolution-paperback","title":"Stuff and Money in the Time of the French Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca L. Spang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Louis Gottschalk Prize, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best History Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca L. Spang, who revolutionized our understanding of the restaurant, has written a new history of money. It uses one of the most infamous examples of monetary innovation, the \u003ci\u003eassignats\u003c\/i\u003e--a currency initially defined by French revolutionaries as \"circulating land\"--to demonstrate that money is as much a social and political mediator as it is an economic instrument. Following the \u003ci\u003eassignats\u003c\/i\u003e from creation to abandonment, Spang shows them to be subject to the same slippages between policies and practice, intentions and outcomes, as other human inventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a quite brilliant, assertive book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Patrice Higonnet, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant...What Spang] proposes is nothing less than a new conceptualization of the revolution...She has provided historians--and not just those of France or the French Revolution--with a new set of lenses with which to view the past.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Arthur Goldhammer, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Spang] views the French Revolution from rewardingly new angles by analyzing the cultural significance of money in the turbulent years of European war, domestic terror and inflation.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Tony Barber, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45421934116966,"sku":"9780674975422","price":48.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SGdhMVZUUjllQ2hGMU9hYkNyNGQyQT09.webp?v=1775505010","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/stuff-and-money-in-the-time-of-the-french-revolution-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}