The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. First Edition. Robert Darnton. New York: Basic Books‚ 1999 XIII + 298. The Great Cat Massacre with out a doubt has one of the most unusual titles ever created especially for a book about history. Now this unusual title perhaps fits this book better than any other straight - forward title Mr. Darnton could have conjured. You see the text contained in the book isn’t just your standardized‚ boring‚ and redundant view of history
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Robert Darnton Great Cat Massacre - booknotes on Chapters 2‚ 3‚ 4 Chapter 2 Workers Revolt - The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin Story of the great cat massacre told by Nicolas Contat‚ main figures - 2 fictionalized figures Jerome and Leveille‚ apprentices in the shop of Jacques Vincent.75 killing the cats as a way of getting back at the master‚ stood out as the most hilarious experience in Jerome’s career.75-7 But how could 18th C. mind find such cruelty hilarious? Certainly
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Joey Alejandro Casey Aubin English 13 May 2013 The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton The Great Cat Massacre is a book that has a very unusual title‚ considering the fact that it is a book that discusses the history of cultural French stories and history. This isn’t some ordinary book that gives a boring‚ long and repetitive view of history. The majority of historical texts look at history from a political point of view; the actions of kings
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The Great Cat Massacre entails understanding history differently. It is the story of vengeance of some ill fed journeymen at the face of their bourgeoisie master’s attitude. The pranksters carry out their master plan by killing the Cats and then staging a mock trial. What the author point outs is the humor that they share at the face of this cruelty and he urges the reader to understand the Rabelaian humor contextualizing the event against the backdrop of the peasant society of the Ancien Regime
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“The Great Post-It Massacre” discusses how different leadership styles can cause serious problems within the workplace amongst management and subordinates. Adventures Plus is a rapidly-growing discount travel agency with fifty offices throughout the United States and Canada. Beverly Sadowsky was the first vice president of Adventures Plus. While Sandusky held this position‚ Bob Scanlan was promoted to small business account and assigned to the office in Dallas. Although Bob did not find his job
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‘THE GREAT POST- IT MASSACRE’ CASE Four quadrants of the E.I Competency Model Bob Scanlan From the point of view of the four quadrants we can deduce that his self-awareness level is high‚ he has a clear idea about what he feels and uses them to guide his decision making. He has a realistic assessment of his own abilities and is self-confident of his work. Bob’s self-management level is moderate as his level of managing emotions vary as per situations. Under normal situation he is conscientious
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of this great country‚ there have been insurmountable amounts of attacks on the people who occupy it. When looking at the statistics‚ it’s uncanny how often the reasoning for these malicious efforts fall under the umbrella of mental illness‚ and more specifically‚ depression. This did not just start happening recently‚ it’s been a common excuse since the birth of this country. ‘In the over 153 mass shootings in the country‚ over 65 of them claimed
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that sometimes causes the bloodshed to our country. One of the proof of this crime is the Maguindanao Massacre that we heard to the news last 2009. They said that there’s a lot of innocent victims that died in that incident. In this situation some of us didn’t understand this massacre that related to our society problem that concerning the corruption of other politician in Mindanao. Maguindanao Massacre is an event that kills several journalists in the Philippines on November 23‚ 2009 a day for fiesta
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Boston Massacre‚ as included in Document 2. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5‚ 1770‚ and it was widely used as propaganda in order to increase feelings of independence throughout the colonies. Eleven civilians were killed or wounded by British soldiers after they had been provoked and fired their guns on a crowd. The Sons of Liberty‚ and organization formed to protect the rights of the colonists and fight taxation by the British government‚ especially spread the word of the massacre throughout
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The Boston Massacre Alyssa Ladd Although many historians believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of murder‚ it is clear that the incident was an act of self-defense. First reason why it was self-defense‚ is that the colonist Crispus Attucks was holding a cordwood stick and swung it at James Bailey. James Bailey then shot Crispus Attucks. James Bailey shot Crispus Attucks in act of self-defense. This led on to more shootings‚ but more colonists were getting angry and more violent. Another reason
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