Production, Distribution and Readership of a Conservative Journal of the French Revolution

Harvey Chisick wrote this study after he came across the documents that form the heart of this study, the subscription lists to the the newspaper the “Ami du Roi”, by accident while working on a a comparative study of the “Anne Litteraire” & “Journal Encyclopedique.” Contents of this vol.: The Periodical Press in the 18th Century; The Short, Unhappy & Principled Career of the “Ami du Roi” of the Abbe Royou; The Production & Distribution of the “Ami du Roi”; The Office of the “Ami du Roi” as a Center for the Dissemination of Pamphlet Literature; The Subscribers to the “Ami du Roi”: Geographical Distribution, Gender & Collective Subscriptions; The Subscribers of the “Ami du Roi”: Status & Occupation; The Enlightenment & Counter-Revolution: The Contract Founding the “Ami du Roi”; Classification of Subscribers to the “Ami du Roi”; & Bibliography.