The Other Americans in Paris : Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880-1941 /

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While Gertrude Stein hosted the literati of the Left Bank, Mrs. Bates-Batcheller, an American socialite and concert singer in Paris, held sumptuous receptions for the Daughters of the American Revolution in her suburban villa. History may remember the American artists, writers, and musicians of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Nancy L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Americans > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Americans > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / General.
left bank, seine, expats, expatriates, americans in france, paris, society, consulate, businessmen, mrs bates-batcheller, gertrude stein, daughters of the american revolution, wealth, rank, power, socialites, manufacturing, industry, lawyers, soldiers, military, postwar, aristocracy, marriage, gender, citizenship, belonging, nationality, national identity, business, love, romance, poverty, class, nonfiction, history, biography, profile, migration, immigration, homeland, divorce, work, profession, war, crime.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Not So Lost Generation: The "American Colony"
  • 2. Uses of Citizenship: Tales from the Consulate, or How Mrs. Baker Got Her Hat Back
  • 3. For Love or Money: Marriage and Divorce in the French Capital
  • 4. Americans at Work: Of Grocers, Fashion Writers, Dentists, and Lawyers
  • 5. Doing Business in France: The Formal and the Informal
  • 6. Down and Out in Paris: The Tailed, the Arrested, and the Poor
  • 7. French Connections, Reciprocal Visions: Love, Hate, Awe, Disdain
  • 8. Heading Home: War, Again
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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