The freeing of the presses, 1788-1791 -- The fall of the Paris Book Guild, 1777-1791 -- The "Declaration of the rights of genius" in 1793 -- Cultural crisis and literary politics, 1793-1799 -- The new world of the printed word, 1789-1799 -- Crisis, again, and administrative solutions, 1799-1810
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and index