Private Lives and Public Affairs

From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

1
The Social Imagery of Political Crisis 1771-1773
2
The Rose-Girl of Salency:
From Theatricality to Rhetoric
3
Private Lives and Public Affairs:
Upper-Class Scandal 1774-1778
4
The Diamond Necklace Affair 1785-1786
5
"Innocent Blood Avenged":
Emplotting Judicial Reform 1785-1786
6
Domestic Drama and the Social Contract

CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX