Markovits, Rahul,  1981- <br/><br/>
Staging civilization :  a transnational history of French theater in eighteenth-century Europe / 
Rahul Markovits ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Walker Cowen Memorial Prize .
<br/><br/> Translated from the original French into English. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Intro --  CONTENTS --  FOREWORD --  INTRODUCTION --  PART I: FRENCH THEATER AND THE EUROPEAN COURTS --  1: The European Space of French Theater --  2: A Europe-Wide Labor Market --  3: Onstage --  4: Behind the Scenes --  PART II: FROM THE ARMY THEATER TO CULTURAL IMPERIALISM --  5: Gallantry and Soft Power --  6: A Theater in Geneva? --  7: Exporting Revolution? --  8: Theater and Acculturation in the Annexed Departments --  EPILOGUE --  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --  APPENDIX --  NOTES --  INDEX --  Recent Winners of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize 
<br/><br/> "By examining the presence of French companies of actors in a wide set of courts and cities throughout Europe, this book uncovers the complex mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of French culture during the long eighteenth century"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813945552 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020055767 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theater and state--History--France--18th century.<br/>Theater--History--France--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2044  / .S734 2021