Alain Corbin

17 books

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination by Alain Corbin

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history sociology informative medium-paced

307 pages | first published 1982

History of Private Life, Volume IV: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War by Michelle Perrot

History of Private Life, Volume IV: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War

History of Private Life (Hardcover)

Michelle Perrot

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced

713 pages

A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day by Alain Corbin

A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day

Alain Corbin with Jean Birrell (Translator)

nonfiction history philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

160 pages | first published 2016

Les Filles de Noce : Misère sexuelle et prostitution au XIXe siècle by Alain Corbin

Les Filles de Noce : Misère sexuelle et prostitution au XIXe siècle

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced

496 pages | first published 1978

The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France by Alain Corbin

The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

272 pages | first published 1998

Village Bells: The Culture of the Senses in the Nineteenth-Century French Countryside by Alain Corbin

Village Bells: The Culture of the Senses in the Nineteenth-Century French Countryside

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced

416 pages | first published 1994

The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870 by Alain Corbin

The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history true crime dark reflective slow-paced

172 pages | first published 1990

Abécédaire de la prostitution au XIXe siècle : Splendeurs et misères by Isolde Pludermacher, Claire Dupin de Beyssat, Alain Corbin

Abécédaire de la prostitution au XIXe siècle : Splendeurs et misères

Isolde Pludermacher, Claire Dupin de Beyssat, Alain Corbin

medium-paced

207 pages | first published 2015

1515 Et Les Grandes Dates de L'Histoire de France . Revisit'es Par Les Grands Historiens D'Aujourd'hui by Alain Corbin
1515 Et Les Grandes Dates de L'Histoire de France . Revisit'es Par Les Grands Historiens D'Aujourd'hui
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Alain Corbin

1515 Et Les Grandes Dates de L'Histoire de France . Revisit'es Par Les Grands Historiens D'Aujourd'hui

Alain Corbin

fiction medium-paced

541 pages

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination by Alain Corbin

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination

Alain Corbin

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

307 pages | first published 1982