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552 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812221718
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 01 August 2011
Description
Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it a topic unworthy of inquiry. By destroying reputations, it has often helped to delegitimize regimes and bring down governments. Nowhere has this b...
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552 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812221718
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 01 August 2011
Description
Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it a topic unworthy of inquiry. By destroying reputations, it has often helped to delegitimize regimes and bring down governments. Nowhere has this b...