{"product_id":"9781501701504","title":"News and Politics in the Age of Revolution: Jean Luzac's \"Gazette de Leyde\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this book stands the story of a great but forgotten newspaper: the \u003cem\u003eGazette de Leyde\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Jean Luzac from 1772 to 1798. A French-language biweekly newspaper published in the Dutch city of Leiden from 1677 to 1811, the Gazette de Leyde was regarded as the international newspaper of record, occupying the cultural niche filled today by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJeremy D. Popkin reconstructs the \u003cem\u003eGazette\u003c\/em\u003e's history, providing a comprehensive picture of the environment that produced it, how it gathered and printed its reports, its relationship with its readers, and the way it depicted the great events of three critical decades. In rich detail he shows that absolutist regimes often cooperated with the \u003cem\u003eGazette\u003c\/em\u003e's editors, providing information and condoning its publication in open violation of their own censorship regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe also examines the Dutch context which fostered both the freedom that made the paper's publication possible and the technology and business skills that allowed for its rapid publication and successful marketing. In addition, he draws on a wide reading of the press of the period to compare the \u003cem\u003eGazette\u003c\/em\u003e with other major newspapers. He concludes with a treatment of the paper's fortunes during the era of the French Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173301207280,"sku":"9781501701504","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501701504_p0.jpg?v=1763707242","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501701504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}