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Robert Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian, recognized as a leading expert on eighteenth century France.

Darnton is a pioneer in the growing field of the history of the book. One of his books is The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996).

In 1999 he was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, the highest award given by the French government, in recognition of his work.

Works

  • Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France (1968)
  • The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 (1979)
  • The Literary Underground of the Old Regime (1982) ISBN 0674536576
  • The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (1984)
  • Revolution in Print: the Press in France 1775-1800 (1989) edited with Daniel Roche
  • The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History (1989)
  • Edition et sédition. L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle (1991)
  • Berlin Journal, 1989-1990 (1991)
  • Gens de lettres, gens du livre (1992)
  • The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France (1995)
  • The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789 (1995)
  • George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century (June 2004)
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