
According to most histories of French archives and libraries, the nineteenth century was a period of slow but steady recovery from the trauma of the revolutionary era. In contrast, Moore argues that the organization of archives and libraries in nineteenth-century France was neither steady nor progressive. By following the development of the Ecole des Chartes, the state school for archivists and li...
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Litwin Books (March 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0977861791
ISBN-13: 978-0977861798
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 3544264
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This book should be required reading for all archives students learning about the French Revolution and the roots of the archival profession. It is an excellent historical account of the French archiving system and its impact on archival standards us...
oore shows that conceptions of "order" changed dramatically from one decade to the next. More important, she argues that these changing notions of "order" were directly connected to contemporary shifts in state politics. Since each new political regime had its own conceptions of both national history and public knowledge, each one worked to "restore order" in a different way.