Allure of the archives /
The allure of the archives
Arlette Farge ; translated by Thomas Scott-Railton ; foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- xvi, 131 pages ; 21 cm.
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history .
TB4027/10 $17.00
Originally published as Le Go�ut de l'archive. Editions du Seuil, 1989. Collection La Librairie du XXIe si�ecle sous la direction de Maurice Olender.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / by Natalie Zemon Davis -- Traces by the thousands -- On the front door -- Paths and presences -- She has just arrived -- Gathering and handling the documents -- Captured speech -- The inventory room is sepulchral -- Writing -- Notes -- Notes on the translation.