Arlette Farge

Jacques Revel

In the spring of 1750 children began to disappear from the streets of Paris as they made their way to school, as they ran errands for their parents, even from the presence of their parents-- no child was safe. Astonishing rumors quickly spread ... In fact, the police had been given sweeping powers of arrest to control the problems of vagrancy; some were clearly abusing that power. An atmosphere of mounting fear and suspicion between the populace and the police erupted in a two-day series of riots which culminated in the lynching and murder of an alleged abductor. The authors use this incident to view broader issues concerning the power of rumor, the logic of mob psychology, and the exercise of authority and the maintenance of peace in Paris under the Ancien Régime.

Rumor and Politics Before the French Revolution

The Vanishing Children of Paris

Child Abductions in Paris in 1750

The Rules of Rebellion

L'œuvre de Fernand Braudel a influencé et continue d'influencer des générations d'historiens. Les contributions de Maurice Aymard, Yves Lacoste, Jean-Claude Perrot, H.R. Trevor-Roper, Immanuel Wallestein, parmi d'autres, révèlent toute sa fécondité. L'ensemble est présenté par Jacques Revel, président de l'Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).

Fernand Braudel et l'histoire

douze exercices d'histoire sociale

Un Parcours critique

Nathan Wachtel

John V. Murra

This collection of essays by scholars from the Andes, Europe and the United States was originally published in the French journal Annales as a special double issue entitled The Historical Anthropology of Andean Societies. It combines the perspectives of archaeology, anthropology and history to present a complex view of Andean societies over various millenia. The unique features of the Andean landscape, the impact of the Inka state on different regions and ethnic groups, the transformations wrought through the colonial presence and the creation of nineteenth-century republics are all analysed, as are the profound continuities in some aspects of Andean culture and social organisation to the present day. The book reflects some of the most innovative research that occurred in the 1970s and 80s. Apart from its substantive interest for students of the Andes and American civilisations in general, it shows the possibility of closer collaboration between history and anthropology.

Anthropological History of Andean Polities

Giovanni Levi

This work addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "Past" and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Plaestine historical narrative.

Jacques Revel

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