{"product_id":"stuff-and-money-in-the-time-of-the-french-revolution","title":"Stuff and Money in the Time of the French Revolution","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a quite brilliant, assertive book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Patrice Higonnet, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rebecca L. Spang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780674975422\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20170220\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43553045217341,"sku":"9780674975422","price":50.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674975422.jpg?v=1788333910","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/stuff-and-money-in-the-time-of-the-french-revolution","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}